drawdown

drawdown
The worst percentage cumulative loss (from peak to valley) for an investment in the managed futures industry is known as a drawdown. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary
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The state in which the borrower obtains some of the project financing, usually progressively according to construction expenditures plus IDC. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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drawdown draw‧down [ˈdrɔːdaʊn ǁ ˈdrɒː-] also draw-down noun
1. [countable, uncountable] ECONOMICS MANUFACTURING when a stock or supply of something is used:

• Strong demand for oil has resulted in a large drawdown in world stocks.

2. [uncountable] FINANCE when someone obtains money as part of a loan that has already been agreed or uses money that they have saved:

• an income drawdown plan that allows you to keep your fund invested while drawing a regular income

3. [countable] FINANCE a reduction in the value of an investment:

• Even if an investor says he is prepared for a 30% drawdown, he always finds it a worse experience then he imagined when it happens.

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   Taking delivery of funds made available from financial institutions. It can include credits from the IMF, eurocredits from banks, or corporate use of credit granted by a domestic bank.
   ► See also IMF.

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drawdown UK US (also draw-down) /ˈdrɔːdaʊn/ noun
► [C or U] FINANCE a situation in which someone takes an amount of money that has been made available: a drawdown facility/plan/scheme »

The income drawdown plan allows you to keep your fund invested after retirement while you draw an annual income from it.

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Overpayments are available for drawdown at any time.

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One of the big dangers of income drawdown is that funds can be seriously eroded if too much income is taken out.

► [C or U] ECONOMICS the act of using part of a supply of something, or the amount that is used: a drawdown in sth »

The situation is so tight for the product and we continue to see a drawdown in stock levels.

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Domestic gas stocks had declined to 37% of capacity, which was a larger drawdown than analysts had expected.

► [C] FINANCE a reduction in the value of an investment below its highest point: »

The fund has had two large drawdowns this year and is £9m in debt.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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