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Roll Order
Definition: (1) Dividend roll; (2) Replacement of a maturing position with an identical one in the new maturity; (3) Recognizition of capital gain or loss while reestablishing the position at the risk of the market.
Definition: (1) Dividend roll; (2) Replacement of a maturing position with an identical one in the new maturity; (3) Recognizition of capital gain or loss while reestablishing the position at the risk of the market.
Roll Over
Definition: To reinvest funds received from a maturing security in a new issue of the same or a similar security.
Definition: To reinvest funds received from a maturing security in a new issue of the same or a similar security.
Roll Up
Definition: To move to an option position with a higher exercise price. In venture capital, refers to the venture capitalist forcing small firms to merge operations in order to reduce costs
Definition: To move to an option position with a higher exercise price. In venture capital, refers to the venture capitalist forcing small firms to merge operations in order to reduce costs
Roll's Critique
Definition: That the CAPM holds by construction when performance is measured against a mean-variance efficient index; otherwise, it holds not at all. Attributable to Richard Roll in 1977.
Definition: That the CAPM holds by construction when performance is measured against a mean-variance efficient index; otherwise, it holds not at all. Attributable to Richard Roll in 1977.
Roll, Richard
Definition: Author of path-breaking work on asset pricing including the famous Roll critique. Finance professor at UCLA.
Definition: Author of path-breaking work on asset pricing including the famous Roll critique. Finance professor at UCLA.
Roll-Over
Definition: A trading procedure involving the shift of one month of a straddle into another future month while holding the other contract month. The shift can take place in either the long or short straddle month. The term also applies to lifting a near futures position and re-establishing it in a more deferred delivery month.
Definition: A trading procedure involving the shift of one month of a straddle into another future month while holding the other contract month. The shift can take place in either the long or short straddle month. The term also applies to lifting a near futures position and re-establishing it in a more deferred delivery month.
Roller Coaster Swap
Definition: A combination of accreting and amortizing swaps - the principal amount can vary through the life of the swap, both up and down.
Definition: A combination of accreting and amortizing swaps - the principal amount can vary through the life of the swap, both up and down.
Rolling Of Futures
Definition: As financial futures have short-term maturities, often 3-9 months, before or at maturity, the future must be sold and a new future (for the same asset but with a new maturity) must be repurchased.
Definition: As financial futures have short-term maturities, often 3-9 months, before or at maturity, the future must be sold and a new future (for the same asset but with a new maturity) must be repurchased.
Rollover
Definition: Means that a loan is periodically repriced at an agreed spread over the appropriate, currently prevailing rate. Most term loans in the Euromarket are made on a rollover basis as to current LIBOR rate.
Definition: Means that a loan is periodically repriced at an agreed spread over the appropriate, currently prevailing rate. Most term loans in the Euromarket are made on a rollover basis as to current LIBOR rate.
Rollover IRA
Definition: A traditional individual retirement account holding money from a qualified plan or 403(b) plan. These assets, as long as they are not mixed with other contributions, can later be rolled over to another qualified plan or 403(b) plan. Also known as a conduit IRA.
Definition: A traditional individual retirement account holding money from a qualified plan or 403(b) plan. These assets, as long as they are not mixed with other contributions, can later be rolled over to another qualified plan or 403(b) plan. Also known as a conduit IRA.
Ross, Stephen
Definition: Developer of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory. Finance professor at MIT.
Definition: Developer of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory. Finance professor at MIT.
Rotation
Definition: An active asset management strategy that tactically overweighted and underweighted certain sectors, depending on expected performance. Sometimes called sector rotation.
Definition: An active asset management strategy that tactically overweighted and underweighted certain sectors, depending on expected performance. Sometimes called sector rotation.
Roth IRA
Definition: Individual Retirement Account that allows contributors to make annual contributions and to withdraw the principal and earnings tax-free under certain conditions. Maximum annual contributions are $3,000 per year (phasing up to $4,000 per year in 2005 and $5,000 per year in 2008.
Definition: Individual Retirement Account that allows contributors to make annual contributions and to withdraw the principal and earnings tax-free under certain conditions. Maximum annual contributions are $3,000 per year (phasing up to $4,000 per year in 2005 and $5,000 per year in 2008.
Round Lot
Definition: A trading order typically of 100 shares of a stock or some multiple of 100. Related: odd lot.
Definition: A trading order typically of 100 shares of a stock or some multiple of 100. Related: odd lot.
Round Turn
Definition: A completed transaction involving both a purchase and a liquidating sale, or a sale followed by a covering purchase.
Definition: A completed transaction involving both a purchase and a liquidating sale, or a sale followed by a covering purchase.
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