Saturday, 23 August 2014

BASIC ACCOUNTING & FINANCE INTERVIEW SHORT QUESTIONS (151-160)



151. Expiration date: the date which is specified in the option contract is called expiration date.

152. European option: it is the option at exercised only on expiration date it self.

153. Basis: basis means future price minus spot price.

154. Cost of carry: the relation between future prices and spot prices can be summarized in terms of what is known as cost of carry.

155. Initial margin: the amount that must be deposited in the margin a/c at the time of first entered into future contract is known as initial margin.

156 Maintenance margin: this is some what lower than initial margin.

157. Mark to market: in future market, at the end of the each trading day, the margin a/c is adjusted to reflect the investors’ gains or loss depending upon the futures selling price. This is called mark to market.

158. Baskets : basket options are options on portfolio of underlying asset.

159. Swaps: swaps are private agreements between two parties to exchange cash flows in the future according to a pre agreed formula.


160. Impact cost: impact cost is cost it is measure of liquidity of the market. It reflects the costs faced when actually trading in index.

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