Terms beginning with H

• Haircut
  The initial margin in a repo transaction, namely the difference between the market value and the value ascribed to collateral used in the tr...(Read more)
• Hang Seng Index
  The benchmark indicator of stock market performance in Hong Kong based on 33 companies with an aggregate market capitalisation accounting fo...(Read more)
• Hard Currency
  A currency generally traded and exchanged throughout the world, such as the euro, US dollar, sterling and Swiss franc. It also indicates, in...(Read more)
• Head And Shoulders Top
  In technical analysis, a common chart formation in which a share price reaches a peak and declines, rises above its former peak and again de...(Read more)
• Headroom Check
  A limit on how much money can be paid into a saving scheme. A headroom check may be carried out to make sure that these limits are abided by...(Read more)
• Health Insurance
  Generic term for insurance covering costs incurred due to illness, injury and disability....(Read more)
• Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
  Countries targeted for financial assistance from the IMF and World Bank to help them reduce external debt....(Read more)
• Heavy Market
  A market in which there are more sellers than buyers resulting in falling prices....(Read more)
• Hedge
  See hedging....(Read more)
• Hedge Fund Replicator
  In an approach similar to passively managed funds, hedge fund replicators attempt to provide performance patterns that match those of hedge ...(Read more)
• Hedge Funds
  A specialist leveraged investment fund that engages in trading and hedging strategies, frequently using leverage. It is managed aggressively...(Read more)
• Hedge Ratio
  The number of futures or options contracts required to hedge/counteract the exposure in the underlying instrument (for example shares, commo...(Read more)
• Hedging
  A strategy employed in the futures, options and warrants markets to reduce risk by making a transaction in one market to protect against a l...(Read more)
• Her Majesty's Customs And Excise
  The government department which collects customs and excise duties and VAT....(Read more)
• Her Majestys Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
  The government department responsible for collecting the bulk of UK tax revenue, as well as paying tax credits and child benefits, and stren...(Read more)