Tag: risk
Yield Pickup
What is 'Yield Pickup' The additional interest rate an investor receives when selling a lower-yielding bond in exchange for a higher-yielding bond....
Yield Curve Risk
What is the 'Yield Curve Risk' The yield curve risk is the risk of experiencing an adverse shift in market interest rates...
Harry Markowitz
DefinitionHarry Max Markowitz is an American economist, and a recipient of the 1989 John von Neumann Theory Prize and the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize...
Hands-On Investor
What is 'Hands-On Investor' An investor who holds a large portion of a company's shares and takes an active management role. A...
Head Trader
What is 'Head Trader' The manager of a trading business. He or she is responsible for the positions, risk and ultimate profitability...
Yield-Based Option
What is 'Yield-Based Option' A type of debt-instrument-based option that derives its value from the difference between the exercise price and the...
Yield Curve
A yield curve depicts interest rates of bonds having different maturities, but same credit quality, at a specific point in time. The yield curve...
Yield Variance
What is 'Yield Variance' Yield variance is the difference between actual output and standard output of a production or manufacturing process, based...
Yearly Renewable Term Plan of Reinsurance
What is 'Yearly Renewable Term Plan of Reinsurance' A type of life reinsurance where mortality risks are transferred to a reinsurer. In...
Implied Rate
What is an 'Implied Rate' An implied rate is an interest rate that is determined by the difference between the spot rate...