Gearing
Product performance
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Source: Structured Products
Product manufacturers are aware that 100% participation will almost always be preferred by investors, even of that means the returns may be lower than for a structured investment that offers a rate of...
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Source: Structured Products
Tim Mortimer of Future Value Consultants notes the return of worst-of structures in the UK primary market and the continued domination of reverse convertibles in the US
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Source: Structured Products
Comparing principal-protected, accelerated growth and reverse convertible products with August 2009 strike dates
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Gearing
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Source: Energy Risk
The gearing of a derivative is the price of the underlying divided by the price of the derivative. This can be used for crude assessments of leverage and option pricing. A more sophisticated measure is effective gearing (or lambda), which is the traditional...
Leverage
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Source: Energy Risk
The ability to control large amounts of an underlying variable for a small initial investment. Futures and options are leveraged products, because the initial premium paid is usually much smaller than the nominal amount of the underlying. Leverage is...
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