financial futures contract
71First Command Financial Planning, Inc. — Infobox Company company type = Privately held companiesFirst Command website [http://www.firstcommandbank.com/index.asp?pID=about sID=history About Us] accessed 4/13/2007] company name = First Command Financial Planning, Inc. foundation = 1958… …
72Parametric contract — A parametric contract is financial or investment contract that is based on two independent variables. Similar to parametric plotting in mathematics, where two independent variables decide the location of a point, parametric contract uses two… …
73STIR Futures & Options — An acronym standing for short term interest rate options or futures contract. Many companies and financial institutions use STIR contracts to hedge against borrowing or lending exposure …
74Deferred futures — The most distant months of a futures contract. A bond that sells at a discount and does not pay interest for an initial period, typically from three to seven years. Compare step up bond and payment in kind bond. The New York Times Financial… …
75deferred futures — The most distant months of a futures contract. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
76forward-exchange contract — An agreement to purchase foreign exchange at a specified date in the future at an agreed exchange rate. In international trade, with floating rates of exchange, the forward exchange market provides an important way of eliminating risk on future… …
77Late-2000s financial crisis — The TED spread (in red) increased significantly during the financial crisis, reflecting an increase in perceived credit risk …
78Annuity (US financial products) — In the U.S. an annuity contract is created when an individual gives a life insurance company money which may grow on a tax deferred basis and then can be distributed back to the owner in several ways. The defining characteristic of all annuity… …
79The South African Futures Exchange — (Safex) consists of a financial markets division and an Agricultural Markets Division (AMD).The measures of the financial markets division have grown from R3.4 million at its formation in 1990 to R69 million at June 1997. Safex has experienced a… …
80Eligible Contract Participant — A group or individual allowed to engage in financial transactions not open to retail customers. The Commodity Exchange Act outlines the requirements for eligibility, stating that those seeking to become eligible contract participants must have… …
