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Discount interest rate

Greetings, students. Allow me to enlighten you on the concept of discount in finance. This refers to the interest that is deducted from the face value of a bill of exchange or promissory note for a specific period of time. Now, the discount rate is simply the percentage of this discount in relation to the face value, expressed on an annual basis. Understanding this concept is crucial in analyzing financial transactions.

Back to back (or head and counter) credit

A documentary credit, also known as a counter credit, is a financing tool used by a seller, or importer, to purchase goods necessary to fulfill a sale covered by the origina...

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Spot Prices

This is often used in financial markets. A fundamental concept in finance, the same as cash price denotes the current selling price of a commodity at a specific time and lo...

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Margin or Forward margin

In finance, we often come across the phrase "premium or discount". This refers to the difference between the current exchange rate and the rate agreed upon in a forward exch...

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Bias

When we talk about estimators in finance, we are referring to a statistical tool used to estimate a population parameter. But how accurate are these estimators? That's where...

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