金融工具
金融工具是指在金融市場中可交易的金融資產。不同形式的金融工具具有不同的金融風險。用來證明融資雙方權利義務的條約。金融工具又稱交易工具,它是證明債權債務關係並據以進行貨幣資金交易的合法憑證,是貨幣資金或金融資產藉以轉讓的工具。
合成金融工具
指將兩種或兩種以上的金融工具組合在一起,創造出別具特色新資產的金融工具。
例如,在購買一隻股票的看漲期權的同時賣出相同股票的看跌期權,人為地創立一項與該股票具有相同特徵、相同風險和潛在回報率的資產。
Synthetic
A financial instrument that is created by combining two or more instruments to create a new asset with distinct attributes. For example, the purchase of a call option on a share and the simultaneous sale of a put option on the same share artificially creates an asset which has the same characteristics as the underlying share and the same risks and potential rewards.