Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• QUANTITY RISK - Occurs when the quantity of an asset to be hedged is uncertain.
  
  
• QUANTITY-SURVEY METHOD - The appraisal method of estimating building costs by calculating the cost of a...
  
  
• QUANTIZE - To convert an asset or liability into a currency other than the regular trading currency.
  
  
• QUANTO - Goldman Sachs's copyrighted (but not enforced) term for a "quantity-adjusting" option or forwa...
  
  
• QUANTO FORWARD - A forward contract in which the buyer receives a random number of units of the underly...
  
  
• QUANTO OPTION - An option in which the payoff is the greater of zero or the value of a Quanto Forward (...
  
  
• QUANTO SWAP - A swap in which the underlying price is quantity adjusted, as with the Quanto Forward and...
  
  
• QUANTOS - Currency options with a guaranteed exchange rate that enable buyers who like an asset, German...
  
  
• QUANTUM - Literally, the amount.
  
  
• QUARTER - The financial world splits up its calendar into four quarters, each three months long. If Jan...