FUNDING CURRENCIES
The currency that is exchanged for another. In a yen carry trade, the Japanese yen is the funding currency, which often has low interest rates. Japanese yen and Swiss franc have been the most commonly used currencies for this purpose because of their lower interest rates.
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Robert C. Merton
American economist who won the 1997 Nobel Memorial prize in Economic Sciences, along with Myron Scholes, for developing the Black-Sholes model, whi ...
Buy Stops Above
Recommendation to purchase a given security once a security’s price surpasses a particular resistance level by putting a buy stop order at th ...
Admitted Company
An insurance company admitted and allowed by an another state to transact insurance business despite having a domiciled status on an another state. ...
Black Box Model
Computer program, process, or system processing the information entered by the user using pre-programmed logic in order to produce the user’s ...
Form 3903
A form issued by the IRS and used by taxpayers to deduct moving expenses related to taking a new job.
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All novice and seasoned traders need to befriend these two great tools to achieve success in trading: leverage and margin.
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Digesting Financial Statements: Working Capital
Analysts and investors look at the working capital and its trends to measure a company’s financial performance. This metric determines a busi ...
Digesting Financial Statements: System
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An Introduction to Forex
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Buying a Home: Determining the Amount You Can Afford
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