INSTRUMENTS Derivative Instruments * Financial instruments that detach the price risks and rewards from assets so that these risks and rewards can be allocated to a party without regard to interests in the underlying asset. * Derivative instruments (or simply derivatives) are a category of financial instruments that includes options‚ futures‚ forwards and swaps. While there is general agreement among financial practitioners as to which instruments are considered derivatives and which are
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the most recent Landsat satellite‚ was launched on 11 February 2013. In 1977‚ the first real time satellite imagery was acquired by the USA’s KH-11 satellite system. The first television image of Earth from space transmitted by the TIROS-1 weather satellite in 1960. All satellite images produced by NASA are published by Earth Observatory and are freely available to the public. Several other countries have satellite imaging programs‚ and a collaborative European effort launched the ERS and
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Issuing Stock Warrants to Investors: How Stock Option Warrants Work • When raising capital for a business venture‚ warrants are a common form of equity that is given to investors. A warrant is like an option - it gives the holder the right to buy a security at a fixed or formulaic price‚ which is known as the "exercise" or "strike" price. • Warrants are often confused with options. Options‚ as used in the venture capital space‚ are typically long term (up to 10 years). They are also typically
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LUV-12.31.2013-10K http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92380/000009238014... 10-K 1 luv-12312013x10k.htm FORM 10-K UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington‚ D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) ! ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31‚ 2013 or ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from ________ to ________ Commission
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family. It is a fast-growing‚ upright‚ branched‚ annual plant‚ 60-90 cm tall that is prized for its top crowns of tender‚ edible‚ green flower buds. Its thick‚ green stalks are edible too. It is native to Italy. Broccoli and cauliflower are two derivatives of cabbage‚ both selected for their edible‚ immature flower heads. Broccoli is grown for the clustered green (or purple) flower buds that are picked before they open and eaten raw or cooked. The cauliflower head is a cluster of aborted‚ malformed
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The trail continued around the east side of the lake entering a gathering of trees forming an insignificant forest along the lake’s shoreline. From our viewpoint‚ the trees concealing the trail eventually dispersed on the southeast side of the lake‚ and the trail blended into the landscape. Using our imagination‚ we envisioned the route against the rugged terrain sloping into the lake. No point in taking a vote now‚ we had trekked to the lake and the consensus was to proceed with a lap around the
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concerned about the bank’s derivative use? The problem is that Banc One’s stock price has gone down nearly 25% due to analyst and investor concern that increased derivative use has inflated key accounting margins and ratios. The derivatives (interest-rate swaps) do not show up on the balance sheet as assets/liabilities‚ but do show up on the income statement. Therefore‚ metrics such as ReturnOnAssets may not accurately reflect the underlying business. Derivative use was concerning to investors
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Case study 3 Porsche‚ Volkswagen‚ and CSX 1. Summary This case examines two examples of how equity derivatives have been used to gain leverage and corporate control for activist purposes. In 2008‚ Porsche’s CFO carried out the “short squeeze” to acquire control over Volkswagen through option contracts‚ which lead to huge losses for short-selling hedge funds. And meanwhile in 2007‚ TCI and 3G‚ 2 UK-based hedge funds‚ violated SEC disclosure requirements by hiding their intentions to takeover CSX
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An Educational Initiative by SEBI Curriculum NISM-Series-VIII: Equity Derivatives Certification Examination VIII: I. Basics of Derivatives A. Basics of derivatives B. Evolution of derivatives m market C. Indian derivatives Market erivatives D. Market participants E. Types of derivatives market erivatives markets F. Significance of derivatives erivatives G. Various risk faced by the participants in derivatives II. Understanding Index A. Introduction to Index B. Significance and economic
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SUMMER INTERNSHIP REPORT ON Portfolio Management AT JINDAL STAINLESS STEEL Ltd. HISAR |[pic] | | | |[pic] | A Report Submitted in Partial fulfillment of the requirements For the Award of the degree of POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT From J K Business School
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