EXCESS RETURNS
Portion of return from a security or portfolio not explained by the overall market’s return rate. It measures the value added by the investment manager or the security, or the manager’s capability to outmatch the market. Also called alpha or abnormal rate of return.
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Grant Deed
Legal document used to transfer title to real property or real property interest. It contains the name of the individual or entity transferring the ...
Underlying Security
Underlying Security is a financial instrument on which the value of a derivative is based.
Savings Bond Plan
Savings Bond Plan is a program that allows employees to purchase US savings bonds through payroll deductions.
Max Pain
The point at which option contracts expire at the maximum loss. The term sprung from Maximum Pain theory, which means most investors who buy and ho ...
Yield Maintenance
Yield Maintenance is a prepayment premium allowing an investor to have the same yield, thus make it seem like the borrower has settled all of the m ...
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| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 02:30 | PMI Manufacturing | Dec | |
| 10:00 | KOF Economic Barometer | Dec | |
| 10:00 | CPI | Dec | |
| 16:45 | Chicago Purchasing Managers Index | Dec | |
| 17:00 | Pending Home Sales | Nov | |
| 03:30 | PMI Manufacturing | Dec | |
| 03:30 | Non-Manufacturing PMI | Dec | |
| 16:00 | House Price Index | Oct | |
| 03:45 | Markit Final Manufacturing PMI | Dec |
