a type of mortgage loan characterized by interest rates that automatically adjust or fluctuate in concert
with certain market indexes.
Not exact matches
Unlike static procyclical
indexing strategies (which just go up and down
with the
market and always rebalance back to the same risk exposure) our countercyclical approach rebalances in such a way that we will actually reduce exposure to
certain asset classes when the risk of permanent loss increases late in the
market cycle.
This portfolio invests in derivative instruments such as swaps, options, futures contracts, forward currency contracts,
indexed and asset - backed securities, to be announced (TBAs) securities, interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, and
certain exchange - traded funds that involve risks including liquidity, interest rate,
market, currency, counterparty, credit and management risks, mispricing or improper valuation, low correlation
with the underlying asset, rate, or
index and could lose more than originally invested.
Many people start
with a core portfolio of
index funds and then add active funds for
certain segments of the
market.
The
Market Vectors Global Junior Gold Miners
Index includes companies that generate at least 50 % of their revenues from (or, in
certain circumstances, have at least 50 % of their assets related to) gold mining and / or silver mining or have mining projects
with the potential to generate at least 50 % of their revenues from gold and / or silver when developed.
Short ProShares ETFs are non-diversified and should lose value when their
market indexes or benchmarks rise — a result that is opposite from traditional ETFs — and they entail
certain risks including risk associated
with the use of derivatives (swap agreements, futures contracts and similar instruments), imperfect benchmark correlation, leverage and
market price variance, all of which can increase volatility and decrease performance.
Policy values can grow each year based on the performance of
certain market indexes, but are not subject to
market losses as would be the case
with variable insurance products.