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This list is an attempt to categorize all financial topics. An alphabetical listing of finance topics can be found at List of finance topics (alphabetical).
hedgeThere are other meanings of the word hedge. In finance, a hedge is an investment that is taken out specifically to reduce or cancel out the risk in another investment. The term is a shortened form of " hedging your bets", a gambling term. Typical hedgers
hedgerA hedger describes a financial investor who takes up opposing positions in order to reduce risk. For example, a fund manager may invest in a portfolio of leading shares from the London Stock Exchange. If the market as a whole goes down, this portfolio wil
Interest rateAn interest rate is the 'rental' price of money. When a resource or asset is borrowed, the borrower pays the lender for the use of it. The interest rate is the price paid for the use of money for a period of time. One type of interest rate is the yield on
interestIn finance, interest has three general definitions. Interest is a surcharge on the repayment of debt (borrowed money). Interest is the return derived from an investment. Interest is the right to claim in a corporation such as that of an owner or creditor.
effective interest rateIn contrast to a nominal interest rate, the period of time after that the interest is credited coincides with the basic time unit (normally one year). Thus, given an interest rate of i an initial capital is increased by the factor (1 i after each time uni
nominal interest rateThis is one of the greatest misnomers in economics. If real interest rate is the real rate of interest, the nominal interest rate is not the real thing. In fact it is the sum of the expected real interest rate plus the expected inflation rate over the dur