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Financial instrument

A financial instrument is a monetary contract between parties. They can be created, traded, modified and settled. They can be cash (currency), evidence of an ownership interest in an entity or a contractual right to receive or deliver in the form of currency (forex); debt (bonds, loans); equity (shares); or derivatives (options, futures, forwards).

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MarketsSecuritiesDepositsAssetIndex
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ContractCurrencyForexBondsLoans
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Financial instrument

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples20
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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Financial instrument

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related to Types · 6
Financial instrument → Cash, Derivative, Financial, OTC, Some, They
see also · 5
Financial instrument → Accounting, Disclosures, Financial Instruments, IFRS, Off-balance-sheet
is a · 1
Financial instrument → monetary contract between parties
related to Measuring gain or loss · 1
Financial instrument → The

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financial instruments instrument entity asset derivatives debt one contract ownership equity categorized loans options futures forwards cash interest accounting ias

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Financial instrumentis amonetary contract between parties0.90text
loansinstance ofand instruments0.80text
depositsinstance ofand instruments0.80text
where both borrowerinstance ofand instruments0.80text
lender have to agree on a transfer.Derivative instrumentsinstance ofand instruments0.80text
synthetic collateralized debt obligationsinstance ofand variations of these0.80text
credit default swaps.Some instruments defy categorization into the above matrixinstance ofand variations of these0.80text
for example repurchase agreementsinstance ofand variations of these0.80text
Financial instrumentrelated to Measuring gain or lossThe0.60section
Financial instrumentrelated to TypesFinancial0.60section
Financial instrumentrelated to TypesCash0.60section
Financial instrumentrelated to TypesThey0.60section

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