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Types of Investors

Investment, Meaning, Nature, Scope, Characteristics, Objectives, Challenges

A futures contract is an agreement to either buy or sell an asset on a publicly-traded exchange. The asset is a commodity, stock, bond, or currency. The contract …

Pricing Of Futures Contract The value of a futures contract is derived from the cash value of the underlying asset. While a futures contract may …

Interest rate risk is the risk where changes in market interest rates might adversely affect a bank’s financial condition.  The management of Interest Rate Risk …

Currency Swaps A currency swap is a “contract to exchange at an agreed future date principal amounts in two different currencies at a conversion rate agreed …

Nature of Financial Derivatives: Financial derivatives refer to those financial products or instruments which derive their prices from the prices of their underlying assets. The …

Forward Market A forward market is an over-the-counter marketplace that sets the price of a financial instrument or asset for future delivery. Forward markets are …

Alternative Strategies of Marketable Securities Marketable securities are investments that can easily be bought, sold or traded on public exchanges. The high liquidity of marketable …

With the amendment in the definition of ”securities” under SC(R)A (to include derivative contracts in the definition of securities), derivatives trading takes place under the …