Tag: risk
Gearing
What is 'Gearing' Gearing refers to the level of a company’s debt related to its equity capital, usually expressed in percentage form....
Generic Securities
What are generic securities and why are they important
Generic securities are financial instruments that are not tied to a specific company or asset. Instead,...
Gap Analysis
What is 'Gap Analysis' Gap analysis refers to the process through which a company compares its actual performance to its expected performance...
Gap Risk
What is 'Gap Risk' The risk that an investment's price will change from one level to another with no trading in between....
Gamma
What is 'Gamma' Gamma is the rate of change in an option's delta per 1-point move in the underlying asset's price. Gamma...
Tax Equity And Fiscal Responsibility Act Of 1982 (TEFRA)
What is 'Tax Equity And Fiscal Responsibility Act Of 1982 - TEFRA' Federal tax legislation passed in 1982 that modified some aspects...
Tainted Alpha
What is 'Tainted Alpha' An alpha return that cannot be attributed solely to the money manager due to consequential beta exposure. Tainted...
Target Risk Fund
What is 'Target Risk Fund' A fund that attempts to expose its investors to a specified amount of risk. The fund manager...
Impairment
What is 'Impairment' Impairment is an accounting principle that describes a permanent reduction in the value of a company's asset, normally a...
Correlation
Financial Correlation basically measures the relationship between the changes occurring in two or more variables at the same time. Correlation plays a major role...