[bond] The financial term credit spread is the yield spread, or difference in yield between different securities, due to different credit quality. The credit spread reflects the additional net yield an investor can earn from a security with more credit risk relative to one with less credit risk. The credit spread of a particular security is...
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[options] In finance, a credit spread, or net credit spread, involves a purchase of one option and a sale of another option in the same class and expiration but different strike prices. Investors receive a net credit for entering the position, and want the spreads to narrow or expire for profit. In contrast, an investor would have to pay to...
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Difference in the yield available on a corporate bond compared to a Government bond of similar maturity. Credit spreads will generally be higher for companies with lower credit ratings to compensate investors for the additional risk undertaken.
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A statistical technique that combines several financial characteristics to form a single score to re
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A spread strategy that increases the account's cash balance when it is established as the price of... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/credit-spread.htm?id=2236&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of credit spread'>more</a>
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Is an option position whereby the end result is a credit. For example, the investor who places a vertical bear call spread receives a credit. Similarly, the trader who places a vertical bull put spread receives a premium credit.
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The credit spread, also called a yield spread, is the difference between two bonds? yields that are the same in all respects except their credit rating. In other words, it?s the risk of alternative interest bearing securities (eg corporate bonds) compared to a benchmark.
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