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11Chakravarty Committee on Monetary Policy (1985) — The S. Chakravarty Committee was formed in 1985 under the chairmanship of Prof.Sukhamoy Chakravarty[1] to assess the functioning of the Indian Monetary system.[2] Its goal was to improve monetary regulation, a feat that was hoped would enable… …
12Treasury security — Treasury securities are government bonds issued by the United States Department of the Treasury through the Bureau of the Public Debt. They are the debt financing instruments of the U.S. Federal government, and they are often referred to simply… …
13Yield curve — This article is about yield curves as used in finance. For the term s use in physics, see Yield curve (physics). Not to be confused with Yield curve spread – see Z spread. The US dollar yield curve as of February 9, 2005. The curve has a typical… …
14Derivative (finance) — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond …
15Structured investment vehicle — A structured investment vehicle (SIV) was a type of fund in the shadow banking system from the mid 1980 s until late 2008. The strategy of these funds was to borrow money by issuing short term securities at low interest and then lends that money… …
16gilt — Secure bonds issued by the UK government also known as gilt edged securities or fixed interest securities . Gilts are bought at their par value or at face value. Most gilts are dated which means that at a fixed date in the future, the par value… …
17Salomon BIG — The Salomon Broad Investment Grade Index (known as the Salomon BIG or Citigroup BIG) is a common American Bond index, akin to the S P 500 for stocks, originally owned by Salomon Brothers and now run by its successor, Citigroup. The BIG is… …
18bear spread — A position in the bond market that is long in short dated securities and short in longer dated securities; it is intended to take advantage of a fall in commodity or security prices. Compare bull spread …
19Yield (finance) — In finance, yield is a percentage that measures the cash returns to the owners of a security. Normally it does not include the price variations, at the difference of the total return. Yield applies to various stated rates of return on stocks… …
20yield gap — The difference between the average annual dividend yield on equity and the average annual yield on long dated gilt edged security Before the 1960s yields obtained from UK equities usually exceeded the yields provided by long dated UK gilts,… …
