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- Kansas City Board of Trade (K.C.B.T.)
- The US-based futures and options exchange for No. 2
red wheat futures and options, Value Line Index futures and Mini Value Line futures and
options.
Kappa - The ratio of the dollar price change in the price
of an option to a 1% change in the expected price volatility.
"Kick it out" - Used in the context of general equities.
"Liquidate (sell a long/cover a short) a position without
regard for price."
Killer bees - Often used in risk arbitrage. Those who aid a
company in fending off a takeover bid, usually investment bankers who devise strategies to make
the target less attractive or more difficult to
acquire.
Kiretsu - A network of Japanese companies organized around a
major bank.
Kuala Lumpur Commodities
Exchange (K.L.C.E.) - The Malaysian commodity exchange for trading futures in crude palm oil, crude palm kernel oil, tin,
rubber and cocoa.
Kuala
Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (K.L.O.F.F.E.) - Established in 1995, the Kuala Lumpur Options and
Financial Futures Exchange (K.L.O.F.F.E.) offers equity derivative products based on
underlying instruments traded on the Kuala
Lumpur Stock Exchange (K.L.S.E.).
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
(K.L.S.E.) - Established in 1973, the Kuala Lumpur Stock
Exchange (KLSE) is the only stock exchange in
Malaysia.
Glossary created by Campbell R. Harvey, Professor of Finance, Fuqua
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