Rational pricing — is the assumption in financial economics that asset prices (and hence asset pricing models) will reflect the arbitrage free price of the asset as any deviation from this price will be arbitraged away . This assumption is useful in pricing fixed… … Wikipedia
Arbitrage — For the upcoming film, see Arbitrage (film). Not to be confused with Arbitration. In economics and finance, arbitrage (IPA: /ˈɑrbɨtrɑːʒ/) is the practice of taking advantage of a price difference between two or more markets: striking a… … Wikipedia
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Betting exchange — The term betting exchange is used to describe a form of bookmaking in which the operator offsets its risk perfectly through technology, such that the effect to the customer is that customers are seen to bet between themselves. Coined because of… … Wikipedia
arbitrage — /ahr bi trahzh / for 1, 3; /ahr bi trij/ for 2, n., v., arbitraged, arbitraging. n. 1. Finance. the simultaneous purchase and sale of the same securities, commodities, or foreign exchange in different markets to profit from unequal prices. 2.… … Universalium
arbitrage — [är′bə träzh΄] n. [LME < Fr < arbitrer, to judge < L arbitrari: see ARBITRATE; for 2, < Fr arbitrage] 1. a simultaneous purchase and sale in two separate financial markets in order to profit from a price difference existing between… … English World dictionary