Kaffirs: South African gold mining stock that trade on the London Stock Exchang ...

Kaldor-Hicks test: A change in production or distribution is desirable only if those who ...

Kangaroos: Australian equity.

Kansas City Board of Trade: The second largest grain exchange in the world, established in 1876. T ...

Kappa: The ratio of the dollar price change in the price of an option to a 1% ...

Karat: A measure of the purity of gold. Twenty-four karat (24K) is considered ...

Keep up with the Jones: Strive, especially beyond one's income to socialize and spend like oth ...

Keogh plan: A pension account with deferred taxes. Only available to self-employed ...

Kerb market: In the US, trading in shares of companies not listed on the main stock ...

Kerb market: Kerb market is in fact an unofficial name for an unofficial activity - ...

KES: Kenyan Shilling from Kenya.

Key employee: Any employee that is considered to be critical to the business of the ...

Keyman Insurance: Companies often take out insurance policies on essential (i.e. key) ma ...

Keynesian Economics: The economic theory that active government intervention in the marketp ...

KGS: Kyrgyzstani Som from Kyrgyszstan.

KHR: Riel from Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea).

Kicker: Something added to a contract proposal to make it more attractive.

Killer bee: An investment banker helping companies go about soliciting a hostile t ...

Kilo bar: A one kilogram (1 kg) bar of gold, a standard specification in gold tr ...

Kiretsu: A network of Japanese companies organized around a major bank.



KMF: Comorian Franc from the Comoros.

Knock-in option: An option that begins to function as a normal option ("knocks in") onc ...

Knock-out option: An option with a built in mechanism to expire worthless should a speci ...

Known price item: When a good whose price is widely known by members of the public is pr ...

Kondratiev Wave: Named after Soviet economist Mikhail Kondratiev, the theory that Weste ...

KPW: Democratic People's Republic of Korean Won from the Democratic People' ...

KRW: Korean Won from the Republic of Korea (South Korea).

Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE): Incorporated in 1965 as Kuala Lumpur's stock exchange (although share- ...

Kurtosis: A statistical measure used to describe the distribution of observed da ...

KWD: Kuwaiti Dinar from Kuwait.

KYD: Cayman Islands Dollar from the Cayman Islands.

KZT: Tenge from Kazakhstan.

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Inverse floaters

Bonds whose coupon rate moves in the opposite direction from the change in interest rates.


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