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A shift in economic conditions in which the change in the interest rate on all maturities is the same number of basis points. In other words, if the three month T-bill increases 100 basis points (one %), then the 6-month, 1-year, 5-year, 10-year, 20-year, and 30-year rates all increase by 100 basis points as well. Related: Non-parallel shift in the yield curve.
Industry:Financial services
Usually freight charges for port or airport delivery arising before the principal international carriage.
Industry:Financial services
A model is a combination of variables, such as GDP growth, and coefficients which multiply these variables. The coefficients are often estimated from the data. The coefficients are called parameters.
Industry:Financial services
The need to meet unexpected or extraordinary contingencies with a buffer stock of cash.
Industry:Financial services
A company that controls subsidiaries through its ownership of voting stock, as well as runs its own business.
Industry:Financial services
A desire to hold cash in order to be able to deal effectively with unexpected events that require cash outlay.
Industry:Financial services
The established system of priorities of trades in an exchange. For example, the highest bid and lowest offer have highest precedence; the first bid or first offer at a price has highest priority, and large orders have priority over smaller orders.
Industry:Financial services
The deposit rate on interbank transactions in the Eurocurrency market quoted in Paris.
Industry:Financial services
Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, which are used for their intrinsic value or for their value in production. These may be traded either in their physical state or by way of futures and options contracts, mining company stocks, bonds, mutual funds, or other instrument.
Industry:Financial services
