risk-hedging technique

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• Risk — takers redirects here. For the Canadian television program, see Risk Takers. For other uses, see Risk (disambiguation). Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity (including the choice of inaction) will lead to a loss (an undesirable… …   Wikipedia

• hedging — noun 1. any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change • Syn: ↑hedge • Hypernyms: ↑security, ↑protection 2. an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous… …   Useful english dictionary

• Swap Transferring Risk With Participating Element - STRIPE — A specific type of hedging technique. STRIPEs combine interest rate swaps and interest rate caps in order to protect the borrower from changes in interest rates. Under this arrangement, the balance of a loan is split between a fixed rate and a… …   Investment dictionary

• selective hedging — The technique of hedging where the futures or option position may be lifted and re entered numerous times before the cash market transaction takes place. A hedge locks in a target price to minimize risk. Lifting the hedge lifts the risk… …   Financial and business terms

• Value at Risk - VaR — A technique used to estimate the probability of portfolio losses based on the statistical analysis of historical price trends and volatilities. VaR is commonly used by banks, security firms and companies that are involved in trading energy and… …   Investment dictionary

• Derivative (finance) — Financial markets Public market Exchange Securities Bond market Fixed income Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond …   Wikipedia

• Holbrook Working — (1895 – October 5 1985), a professor of economics and statistics at Stanford University’s FoodResearch Institute, is known for his contributions on hedging, the theory of futures prices – which anticipated the efficient market hypothesis, an… …   Wikipedia

• Portfolio Insurance — 1. A method of hedging a portfolio of stocks against the market risk by short selling stock index futures. 2. Brokerage insurance such as the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). 1. This hedging technique is frequently used by… …   Investment dictionary

• Credit default swap — If the reference bond performs without default, the protection buyer pays quarterly payments to the seller until maturity …   Wikipedia

• Short (finance) — Schematic representation of short selling in two steps. The short seller borrows shares and immediately sells them. He then waits, hoping for the stock price to decrease, when the seller can profit by purchasing the shares to return to the lender …   Wikipedia

• Real options valuation — Real options valuation, also often termed Real options analysis,[1] (ROV or ROA) applies option valuation techniques to capital budgeting decisions.[2] A real option itself, is the right but not the obligation to undertake some business decision; …   Wikipedia