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The Devil's Dictionary -- Financial Edition
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(terminology from http://www.investopedia.com/ - a very partial list)

At The Money, Options market term. See Back End Load.

Back End Load, A legally enforceable fee chargeable to an investor when they try to sell their now worthless securities - based on the value of the securities at the time of purchase.

Bullet Dogding, See Hedge Fund.

Premium, see At The Money.

Calendar Spread, see Back End Load.

Capping, see Hedge Fund.

Chicago Board of Trade, see Hedge Fund.

Compound Option, the number of times an investor endures daylight robbery.

Contract, see Hedge Fund.

Death Put, :-)

Derivative, a complex financial instrument that no one fully understands other than the Derivative writer.

Derivatives Time Bomb, (yes really) the reality of the derivative now come home to roost.

Double Witching, a cornerstone of the financial markets that infer the two key strategies of gambling and guessing. In that order.

Down Transition Probability, a certainty that you’ll loose your money.

Expiration Date, see Contract.

Globally Floored Contract, what happened to the world in 2008.

Hedge Fund, see Cosa Nostra, Organized Crime et al.

Himalayan Option, see Death Put.

Intrinsic Value, an investors bank balance prior to becoming an investor.

Long Put, see Bullet Dogding.

Lookback Option, a term defining a politicians lying hindsight.

Max Pain, see Down Transition Probability.

Risk Adversion, an assumed psychological stratefy of investors who have experienced daylight robbery. Assumed because they have no more savings left with which not to invest again.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14
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The Devil's Dictionary -- Financial Edition - by David Guyatt - 15-09-2009, 04:52 PM

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