financial computing introduction

introduction

Terminology analysis

• investor 投资人
• Borrower 借钱人
• financial markets 金融市场
  • Money markets （short-term）货币市场
  • Capital markets (long-term) 资本市场
• Derivatives 衍生金融产品
  • hedge risk 规避风险
  • Speculating through derivatives 通过衍生品投机
• Forwards
  • Private agreements where the buyer commits to buy, and the seller commits to sell.
    远期 - 买方承诺购买的私人协议，卖方承诺出售。
• Futures
  • Standardized forms of forwards that trade on exchanges.
    期货 - 交易交易的标准化形式。
• Options
  • Give the holder the right to buy or sell the underlying asset on a fixed date in the future.
    期权 - 赋予持有人将来在固定日期购买或出售基础资产的权利。
• Swaps
  • Contracts through which two parties exchange streams of cash flows.
    掉期 - 两党通过的合同交换现金流。