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spread income — Also called margin income, the difference between income and cost. For a depository institution, the difference between the assets it invests in (loans and securities) and the cost of its funds (deposits and other sources). Bloomberg Financial… … Financial and business terms
spread — n 1 a: the difference between any two prices for similar articles the spread between the list price and the market price of an article b: the difference between the highest and lowest prices of a product or security for a given period c: the… … Law dictionary
Spread — (1) The gap between bid and ask prices of a stock or other security. (2) The simultaneous purchase and sale of separate futures or options contracts for the same commodity for delivery in different months. Also known as a straddle. (3) Difference … Financial and business terms
spread — The price difference between two related markets or commodities. Chicago Board of Trade glossary l) Positions held in two different futures contracts, taken to profit from the change in the difference between the two contracts prices; e.g., long… … Financial and business terms
income tax — a tax levied on incomes, esp. an annual government tax on personal incomes. [1790 1800] * * * Levy imposed by public authority on the incomes of persons or corporations within its jurisdiction. In nations with an advanced system of private… … Universalium
Spread To Worst — The difference in overall returns between two different classes of securities, or returns from the same class, but different representative securities. The spread to worst measures the difference from the worst performing security to the best,… … Investment dictionary
spread-over Treasuries — The difference between the bond equivalent yield for any investment and the bond equivalent yield for a Treasury investment with the same maturity. Comparisons of the returns for most fixed income investments are typically made using spread over… … Financial and business terms
spread — In general, a difference between two amounts. In stock and commodity trading, the difference between the bid and asked price. In arbitrage (q.v.), the difference between two markets in the price or value of a currency. In futures trading, is the… … Black's law dictionary
Options spread — Spread option redirects here. For the American football offensive scheme, see Spread offense. Options spreads are the basic building blocks of many options trading strategies. A spread position is entered by buying and selling equal number of… … Wikipedia
Fixed income attribution — refers to the process of measuring returns generated by various sources of risk in a fixed income portfolio, particularly when multiple sources of return are active at the same time. For example, the risks affecting the return of a bond portfolio … Wikipedia
