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Swap
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SwapAn arrangement in which two entities lend to each other on different terms, e.g., in different currencies, and-or at different interest rates, fixed or floating.
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Lend
To allow someone to use a sum of money that will have to be paid back.
Interest
The amount of money a lender loans a borrower to pay for using the borrower's principal.
Floating
Used for exchange rates, interest rates, etc.; able to change according to supply and demand.
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Sushi roll
A candlestick pattern consisting of 10 bars where the first five (inside bars) are confined within a narrow range of highs and lows and the second five (outside bars) engulf the first with both a higher high and lower low.
Suspended trading
Temporary halt in trading in a particular security, in advance of a major news announcement or to correct an imbalance of orders to buy and sell.
Suspense account
An account used temporarily to record receipts and disbursements that have yet to be classified.
Sustainable growth
Increase in real per capita income, GNP, etc. (i.e. growth that does not generate inflation).
Sustainable growth rate
Maximum rate of growth a firm can sustain without increasing financial leverage.
Swap
Swap arrangements
Short-term reciprocal lines of credit between the Federal Reserve and 14 foreign central banks as well as the Bank for International Settlements.
Swap book
A swap bank's portfolio of swaps, usually arranged by currency and maturity.
Swap buy back
The sale of an interest rate swap by one counterparty to the other, effectively ending the swap.
Swap rate
The difference between spot and forward rates expressed in points.
Swap reversal
An interest rate swap designed to end a counterparty's role in another interest rate swap, accomplished by counter balancing the original swap in maturity, reference rate, and notional amount.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Lend
To allow someone to use a sum of money that will have to be paid back.
Interest
The amount of money a lender loans a borrower to pay for using the borrower's principal.
Floating
Used for exchange rates, interest rates, etc.; able to change according to supply and demand.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Sushi roll
A candlestick pattern consisting of 10 bars where the first five (inside bars) are confined within a narrow range of highs and lows and the second five (outside bars) engulf the first with both a higher high and lower low.
Suspended trading
Temporary halt in trading in a particular security, in advance of a major news announcement or to correct an imbalance of orders to buy and sell.
Suspense account
An account used temporarily to record receipts and disbursements that have yet to be classified.
Sustainable growth
Increase in real per capita income, GNP, etc. (i.e. growth that does not generate inflation).
Sustainable growth rate
Maximum rate of growth a firm can sustain without increasing financial leverage.
Swap
Swap arrangements
Short-term reciprocal lines of credit between the Federal Reserve and 14 foreign central banks as well as the Bank for International Settlements.
Swap book
A swap bank's portfolio of swaps, usually arranged by currency and maturity.
Swap buy back
The sale of an interest rate swap by one counterparty to the other, effectively ending the swap.
Swap rate
The difference between spot and forward rates expressed in points.
Swap reversal
An interest rate swap designed to end a counterparty's role in another interest rate swap, accomplished by counter balancing the original swap in maturity, reference rate, and notional amount.
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