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European Options Exchange (EOE)
Definition: Now AEX-Optiebeurs. See: Amsterdam Exchanges (AEX).
European Terms
Definition: A foreign exchange quotation that states the foreign currency price of one U.S. dollar. Opposite of direct quote.
European Union (EU)
Definition: An economic association of European countries founded by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 as a common market for six nations. It was known as the European Community until January 1, 1994 and currently comprises 15 European countries. Its goals are a single market for goods and services without any economic barriers, and a common currency with one monetary authority.
European, Australia, And Far East Index (EAFE Index)
Definition: Stock index, computed by Morgan Stanley Capital International.
European-style Exercise
Definition: A method of exercising options contracts in which the buyer can only exercise the contract on the last day before expiration.
European-style Option
Definition: An option contract that can be exercised only on the expiration date.
Euroyen Bonds
Definition: Eurobonds denominated in Japanese yen.
Evaluation Period
Definition: The time interval over which funds assess a money manager's performance.
Evening Up
Definition: Buying or selling to offset an existing market position.
Event Anomalies
Definition: Occurrences such as earnings surprises or stock splits that seem to present opportunity to generate abnormal returns for those trading on the news.
Event Driven
Definition: In the context of hedge funds, a style of management that combines many different types of hedge fund investing such as merger arbitrage, distressed securities and high yield investing, in conjunction with an important "event" that is supposed to unlock firm value (like a merger announcement, earnings announcement, or a regulator decision).
Event Risk
Definition: The risk that the ability of an issuer to make interest and principal payments will change because of rare, discontinuous, and very large, unanticipated changes in the market environment such as (1) a natural or industrial accident or some regulatory change or (2) a takeover, or corporate restructuring.
Event Study
Definition: A statistical study that examines how the release of information affects prices at a particular time.
Events Of Default
Definition: Contractually specified events that allow lenders to demand immediate repayment of a debt.
Evergreen
Definition: A contract that rolls over after each agreed (short-term) period until cancelled by one party.
Evergreen Credit
Definition: Revolving credit without maturity.
Evergreen Funding
Definition: A British term referring to the gradual injection of capital into a new or existing enterprise.
Ex Ante Return
Definition: The expected return or anticipation return of an asset or portfolio.
Ex Ante Value
Definition: The forecasted price or value.
Ex Works (EXW)
Definition: A transaction in which the seller's only responsibility is to make the ordered goods available to the buyer at the seller's premises. The buyer bears the cost and risk in transporting the goods from the seller's premises to destination. Since this includes pre- carriage and export clearance in the seller's country, EXW is not a very practical Incoterm for U.S. exports.
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