Securities Products M2 Flashcards
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What is the yield of a bond?
Answer: The return an investor earns on the bond, expressed as a percentage
Bond yield is the return earned by an investor, typically expressed as a percentage of the bond's price. It includes interest payments.
What is a rights issue?
Answer: An offer to existing shareholders to buy additional shares at a discounted price
A rights issue gives existing shareholders the right to purchase additional shares at a discounted price, usually to raise new capital.
What is the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio?
Answer: The price of a share divided by earnings per share
The P/E ratio compares a company's share price to its earnings per share, indicating how much investors are willing to pay for each dollar of earnings.
What is a warrant?
Answer: A derivative that gives the holder the right to buy shares at a predetermined price
A warrant is a security that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy underlying shares at a fixed exercise price before expiry.
What does 'market capitalisation' mean?
Answer: The total market value of a company's outstanding shares
Market capitalisation = share price × total number of outstanding shares. It represents the total market value of a company.
What is a corporate bond?
Answer: A bond issued by a company to raise capital
A corporate bond is a debt security issued by a corporation to raise funds. The company pays interest and returns the principal at maturity.
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