moneyness
moneyness noun: the degree to which a derivative security is in the money, because of the relationship of the price of the underlying security to a conversion price or exercise price.
Noun
moneyness (usually uncountable, plural moneynesses)
- The degree to which a derivative security is in the money, because of the relationship of the price of the underlying security to a conversion price or exercise price.
- As an option's expiration date approaches only its moneyness has value.
- The degree to which an asset approximates cash in its ready liquidity and the low transactions costs in realizing that liquidity.
- In good times everything seems to have moneyness; in bad times, some money doesn't have much moneyness.
- It is this undiscriminating acceptability which confers 'moneyness' on some things, regardless of the fact that others may also serve such subsidiary money functions as being a store of value or unit of account.2004, Peter Joseph Drake, Currency, Credit and Commerce: Early Growth in Southeast Asia, page 98
Forms of moneyness
| plural | moneynesses |
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Origin of moneyness
From money + -ness.
Questions about moneyness
- What does moneyness mean?
- Moneyness means the degree to which a derivative security is in the money, because of the relationship of the price of the underlying security to a conversion price or exercise price.
- What part of speech is moneyness?
- Moneyness is a noun.
- What is the plural of moneyness?
- The plural of moneyness is moneynesses.
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