Finance

Category: I

  • In-The-Money

    Concept of In-The-Money in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of In-The-Money: A term used to describe an option contract that has a positive value if exercised. A call with a strike price of $1100 on gold trading at $1150 is in-the-money 50 dollars. […]

  • Invoice Factoring

    Definition of Invoice FactoringAnother term for factoring. See factoring.

  • IB

    ResourcesSee AlsoIntroducing Broker Futures Trading Consumer Protection Consumer Finance

  • Invoice Discounting

    Definition of Invoice DiscountingAnother term for factoring. See factoring.

  • Interest Rate Derivative

    Concept of Interest Rate derivative (i.e. an instrument that transfers risk from one party to the other) in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): A derivative (i.e. an instrument that transfers risk from one party to the other) […]

  • Imm

    Concept of Imm in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): The International Monetary Market is a division of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) that deals with the trading of currency and interest rate futures and options. Delivery […]

  • Intermarket Spread

    ResourcesSee AlsoSpread and Intercommodity Spread Futures Trading Consumer Protection Consumer Finance

  • Issuer

    Concept of Issuer in the context of derivatives contract, by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA): The borrower in a bond issue. For example a government, government agency, a bank or a corporate.ResourcesSee AlsoDerivatives Contract

  • Interdelivery Spread

    Concept of Interdelivery Spread in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Interdelivery Spread: A spread involving two different months of the same commodity. Also called an intracommodity spread. See Spread.

  • Invisible Supply

    Concept of Invisible Supply in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Invisible Supply: Uncounted stocks of a commodity in the hands of wholesalers, manufacturers, and producers that cannot be identified accurately; stocks outside commercial channels […]

  • Index Arbitrage

    Concept of Index Arbitrage in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Index Arbitrage: The simultaneous purchase (sale) of stock index futures and the sale (purchase) of some or all of the component stocks that make up the particular stock index to […]

  • Inverted Market

    Concept of Inverted Market in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Inverted Market: A futures market in which the nearer months are selling at prices higher than the more distant months; a market displaying ‘inverse carrying charges,’ characteristic […]

  • Inflation-Indexed Debt Instrument

    Concept of Inflation-Indexed Debt Instrument in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Inflation-Indexed Debt Instrument: Generally a debt instrument (such as a bond or note) on which the payments are adjusted for inflation and deflation. In a typical […]

  • Invoice Price

    Concept of Invoice Price in Futures TradingIn this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Invoice Price: The price fixed by the clearing house at which deliveries on futures are invoiced—generally the price at which the futures contract is settled when deliveries are […]

  • Interest Rate

    Interest Rate in the Context of Mortgage RefinancingsIn this context, a definition of Interest Rate may be distilled, worded as follows: The price paid for borrowing money, usually stated in percentages and as an annual rate.