Investment Terms: R
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Investment Terms: R
- Range (Price):
The price span during a given trading
session, week, month, year, etc.
- Reciprocal of European Terms:
One method of quoting
exchange rates, which measures the U.S. dollar value of one foreign
currency unit, i.e., U.S. dollars per foreign units. See European Terms.
- Repurchase Agreements ( or Repo):
An agreement between
a seller and a buyer, usually in U.S. government securities, in which
the seller agrees to buy back the security at a later date.
- Reserve Requirements:
The minimum amount of cash and liquid
assets as a percentage of demand deposits and time deposits that
member banks of the Federal Reserve are required to maintain.
- Resistance:
A level above which prices have had
difficulty penetrating.
- Resumption:
The reopening the following day of
specific futures and options markets that also trade during the
evening session at the Chicago Board of Trade.
- Reverse Crush Spread:
The sale of soybean futures and
the simultaneous purchase of soybean oil and meal futures. See Crush Spread.
- Runners:
Messengers who rush orders received by phone
clerks to brokers for execution in the pit.
 
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