liquidity

  • 121liquidity premium — The relative advantage of holding assets in liquid form. Investors are prepared to receive lower returns on liquid assets, because they can easily be transferred into cash with little capital loss. Liquid assets are thus to some extent a hedge… …

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  • 122liquidity ratio — cash ratio …

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  • 123liquidity risk — The risk, in lending operations, that an investment cannot be liquidated during its life without significant costs …

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  • 124liquidity premium — The relative advantage of holding assets in liquid form. Investors are prepared to receive lower returns on liquid assets, because they can easily be transferred into cash with little capital loss. Liquid assets are thus to some extent a hedge… …

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  • 125liquidity risk — The risk, in lending operations, that an investment cannot be liquidated during its life without significant costs …

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  • 126liquidity trap — A situation in which investors hold on to cash because they are worried about the likelihood of a fall in the price of financial assets. J. M. Keynes argued that in these circumstances monetary policy becomes ineffective, because monetary… …

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  • 127liquidity preference — /ləˈkwɪdəti prɛfrəns/ (say luh kwiduhtee prefruhns) noun the choice between holding wealth as idle money or in the form of income earning assets …

  • 128liquidity ratio — /lɪ kwɪdɪti ˌreɪʃiəυ/ noun a ratio of liquid assets (that is, current assets less stocks, but including debtors) to current liabilities, giving an indication of a company’s solvency. Also called acid test ratio, quick ratio …

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