Blog Category: Financial Terms

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Net Stable Funding Ratio

The net stable funding ratio is a liquidity requirement that requires banks to have sufficient stable funding to cove...

Owais Siddiqui
21 Oct 2022
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Convexity Formula

Convexity relates to the interaction between a bond's price and its yield as it experiences changes in interest rates.

Owais Siddiqui
21 Oct 2022
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American Options

American options are the options that give the holder of the Option the right to retire even before the maturity.

Owais Siddiqui
21 Oct 2022
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Optimal Hedge Ratio

Optimal hedge ratio defines the futures market position that will simultaneously minimize the risk absorbed in the ma...

Owais Siddiqui
21 Oct 2022
2 min read

ISDA Master Agreement

Derivative transactions are conducted worldwide with financial organizations and corporates involved from all around ...

Owais Siddiqui
20 Oct 2022
2 min read

Unit Root: A Comprehensive Guide

A unit root is a stochastic trend in a time series that is frequently referred to as a random walk with drift

Philip Meagher
20 Oct 2022
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Hedge Fund Strategies

Hedge fund strategies are a set of principles followed by a hedge fund to protect themselves against the movements of...

Owais Siddiqui
20 Oct 2022
4 min read

Forward Quotes

Forward quotes are used to represent and identify the future rates of the currency. These rates are used for currency...

Owais Siddiqui
20 Oct 2022
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Lease Rates

The lease rate is the periodic payment made by the lessee to the lessor for the use of an asset in a lease transactio...

Owais Siddiqui
19 Oct 2022
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Backwardation and Contango

In interest rates management, backwardation and contango are two critical phenomena that identify the direction of in...

Owais Siddiqui
19 Oct 2022
1 min read