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Riskless Arbitrage
Definition: The simultaneous purchase and sale of the same asset to yield a profit.
Definition: The simultaneous purchase and sale of the same asset to yield a profit.
Riskless Or Risk-free Asset
Definition: An asset whose future return is known today with certainty. The risk-free asset is commonly defined as short-term obligations of the US government.
Definition: An asset whose future return is known today with certainty. The risk-free asset is commonly defined as short-term obligations of the US government.
Riskless Rate
Definition: The rate earned on a riskless investment, typically the rate earned on the 90-day US Treasury Bill.
Definition: The rate earned on a riskless investment, typically the rate earned on the 90-day US Treasury Bill.
Riskless Transaction
Definition: A transaction that is guaranteed a profit, such as the arbitrage of a temporary differential between commodity prices in two different markets. The evaluation of whether dealer markups and markdowns in OTC transactions are reasonable. According to NASD, markups or markdowns should not exceed 5%.
Definition: A transaction that is guaranteed a profit, such as the arbitrage of a temporary differential between commodity prices in two different markets. The evaluation of whether dealer markups and markdowns in OTC transactions are reasonable. According to NASD, markups or markdowns should not exceed 5%.
Road Show
Definition: A promotional presentation by an issuer of securities to potential buyers about the desirable qualities of the investments.
Definition: A promotional presentation by an issuer of securities to potential buyers about the desirable qualities of the investments.
Rocket Scientist
Definition: An employee of an investment firm (often having a Ph.D. in physics or mathematics) that works on highly mathmatic models of derivative pricing.
Definition: An employee of an investment firm (often having a Ph.D. in physics or mathematics) that works on highly mathmatic models of derivative pricing.
Roll Order
Definition: (1) Dividend roll; (2) Replacement of a maturing position with an identical one in the new maturity; (3) Recognizition of capital gain or loss while reestablishing the position at the risk of the market.
Definition: (1) Dividend roll; (2) Replacement of a maturing position with an identical one in the new maturity; (3) Recognizition of capital gain or loss while reestablishing the position at the risk of the market.
Roll Over
Definition: To reinvest funds received from a maturing security in a new issue of the same or a similar security.
Definition: To reinvest funds received from a maturing security in a new issue of the same or a similar security.
Roll Up
Definition: To move to an option position with a higher exercise price. In venture capital, refers to the venture capitalist forcing small firms to merge operations in order to reduce costs
Definition: To move to an option position with a higher exercise price. In venture capital, refers to the venture capitalist forcing small firms to merge operations in order to reduce costs
Roll's Critique
Definition: That the CAPM holds by construction when performance is measured against a mean-variance efficient index; otherwise, it holds not at all. Attributable to Richard Roll in 1977.
Definition: That the CAPM holds by construction when performance is measured against a mean-variance efficient index; otherwise, it holds not at all. Attributable to Richard Roll in 1977.
Roll, Richard
Definition: Author of path-breaking work on asset pricing including the famous Roll critique. Finance professor at UCLA.
Definition: Author of path-breaking work on asset pricing including the famous Roll critique. Finance professor at UCLA.
Roll-Over
Definition: A trading procedure involving the shift of one month of a straddle into another future month while holding the other contract month. The shift can take place in either the long or short straddle month. The term also applies to lifting a near futures position and re-establishing it in a more deferred delivery month.
Definition: A trading procedure involving the shift of one month of a straddle into another future month while holding the other contract month. The shift can take place in either the long or short straddle month. The term also applies to lifting a near futures position and re-establishing it in a more deferred delivery month.
Roller Coaster Swap
Definition: A combination of accreting and amortizing swaps - the principal amount can vary through the life of the swap, both up and down.
Definition: A combination of accreting and amortizing swaps - the principal amount can vary through the life of the swap, both up and down.
Rolling Of Futures
Definition: As financial futures have short-term maturities, often 3-9 months, before or at maturity, the future must be sold and a new future (for the same asset but with a new maturity) must be repurchased.
Definition: As financial futures have short-term maturities, often 3-9 months, before or at maturity, the future must be sold and a new future (for the same asset but with a new maturity) must be repurchased.
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