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The term is considered in English to be a neologism of the British national economist John Maynard Keynes [1883-1946] from his book “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money” published in 1936). With…

Investment placed with a (foreign) institution in the name of a bank, but for the account and at the risk of a customer. Usually, such contracts have a fixed term, a certain (minimum) amount…

A term frequently used in financial journalism, but one that is unclear without further explanation. Basically, it means that investors are willing to invest instead of hoarding money. However, it is not clear who…

A bond in which the interest rate increases with increasing time from issuance (a bond that pays an interest rate for an initial period which then increases to a higher rate), where the times…

Unless otherwise defined, in the financial market generally the announcement of a new type of financial product. – In particular, also the announcement of a fund (subfund, share class) being established by a capital…

In relation to the financial market, any action executed in fulfillment of whichever financial market purposes, including the operations of the central bank and supervisory authorities. – To transact on the financial market for…

In the philosophy of money, the doctrine that money, as a result of – its worldwide presence, – its property of making all things equal, and – its ability to exchange them (purchasing power)…

Generally a ratio for the return. – If the average return of a security or portfolio is greater than expected in terms of market risk, the alpha value is positive; if not, it is…

Unless otherwise defined, a special fund with the purpose of providing retirees with an annuity from its earnings. – See Retirement Assets Act, retirement contracts, civil service associations, balance sheet, holistic, arrangement, salary sacrifice,…

Countries with aging populations (such as China and most members of the EU: their populations will decline by 0.75 percent per year until 2050!) usually have relatively high savings rates. Savings preferentially flow to…