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81investment risk — UK US noun [C or U] FINANCE ► the chance of losing money from a particular investment: »These securities carry the smallest degree of investment risk. »It is sensible to spread the investment risk …
82Credit Spread — 1. The spread between Treasury securities and non Treasury securities that are identical in all respects except for quality rating. 2. An options strategy where a high premium option is sold and a low premium option is bought on the same… …
83Bear call spread — In finance, a bear call spread is a limited profit, limited risk options trading strategy that can be used when the options trader is moderately bearish on the underlying security. It is entered by buying call options of a certain strike price… …
84Box Spread — A dual option position involving a bull and bear spread with identical expiry dates. This investment strategy provides for minimal risk. Additionally, it can lead to an arbitrage position as an investor attempts to lock in a small return at… …
85Condor Spread — Similar to a butterfly spread, a condor is an options strategy that also has a bear and a bull spread, except that the strike prices on the short call and short put are different. The purpose of this option strategy is to earn limited profits,… …
86Crack Spread — The spread created in commodity markets by purchasing oil futures and offsetting the position by selling gasoline and heating oil futures. This investment alignment allows the investor to hedge against risk due to the offsetting nature of the… …
87call spread — UK US noun [C] ► FINANCE a situation in which an investor enters into option agreements to buy and sell financial assets of one type, but with different prices or different dates on which they must be paid for or sold: »A call spread is excellent …
88High-Yield Bond Spread — The percentage difference in current yields of various classes of high yield bonds (often junk bonds) compared against investment grade corporate bonds, Treasury bonds or another benchmark bond measure. Spreads are often expressed as a difference …
89Liquidity Risk — The risk stemming from the lack of marketability of an investment that cannot be bought or sold quickly enough to prevent or minimize a loss. Usually reflected in a wide bid ask spread or large price movements …
90Iron Butterfly Spread — Iron butterfly is the name of an advanced, neutral outlook, options trading strategy that involves buying and holding four different options at three different strike prices. It is a limited risk, limited profit trading strategy that is… …
