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The pattern for new issues where shorter- and longer-term yields display very little difference over the bond's maturity range.
Industry:Financial services
A tax which is levied at the same rate on all levels of income. Antithesis of progressive tax.
Industry:Financial services
A bond in default trades flat; that is, the price quoted covers both principal and unpaid accrued interest. Any security that trades without accrued interest or at a price that includes accrued interest is said to trade flat.
Industry:Financial services
A change in the yield curve when the spread between the yield on long-term and short-term Treasuries has decreased. Compare steepening of the yield curve and butterfly shift.
Industry:Financial services
Exchange traded equity or index options, where the investor can specify within certain limits, the terms of the options, such as exercise price Expiration date, exercise type, and settlement calculation.
Industry:Financial services
A budget that shows how costs vary with different rates of output or at different levels of sales volume and projects revenue based on these different output levels.
Industry:Financial services
Expenses for an individual or corporation that can be adjusted or completely dispessed with, e.g., luxury goods.
Industry:Financial services
Fund that invests in a variety of securities in varying proportions in order to maximize shareholder returns while maintaining a low level of risk.
Industry:Financial services
The tendency of investors to move toward safer investments (often government bonds) during periods of high economic uncertainty.
Industry:Financial services
Note that allows investors to switch between two different types of debt.
Industry:Financial services
