Financial and business terms. 2012.
interest-rate futures — A form of financial futures that enables investors, portfolio managers, borrowers, etc. , to obtain protection against future movements in interest rates. Interest rate futures also enable dealers to speculate on these movements. In the UK,… … Big dictionary of business and management
Futures contract — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond … Wikipedia
Interest Rate Future — A futures contract with an underlying instrument that pays interest. An interest rate future is a contract between the buyer and seller agreeing to the future delivery of any interest bearing asset. The interest rate future allows the buyer and… … Investment dictionary
Interest rate future — An Interest Rate Future is a futures contract with an interest bearing instrument as the underlying asset.Examples include Treasury bill futures, Treasury bond futures and Eurodollar futures.The global market for exchange traded interest rate… … Wikipedia
Interest rate derivative — An interest rate derivative is a derivative where the underlying asset is the right to pay or receive a (usually notional) amount of money at a given interest rate.The interest rate derivatives market is the largest derivatives market in the… … Wikipedia
Interest rate swap — An interest rate swap is a derivative in which one party exchanges a stream of interest payments for another party s stream of cash flows. Interest rate swaps can be used by hedgers to manage their fixed or floating assets and liabilities. They… … Wikipedia
Interest rate — Finance Financial markets Bond market … Wikipedia
futures — Contracts for the sale/purchase of a specified quantity of a financial instrument, currency, or commodity at an agreed upon price on a given future date. First developed for agricultural commodities, actively traded futures are available for… … Financial and business terms
Futures — A term used to designate all contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * futures fu‧tures [ˈfjuːtʆəz ǁ ərz] noun [plural]… … Financial and business terms
Contract Size — The deliverable quantity of commodities or financial instruments underlying futures and option contracts that are traded on an exchange. The contract size is standardized for such futures and options contracts, and varies depending on the… … Investment dictionary
