basket

Definition 1
A group of several securities created for the purpose of simultaneous buying and selling. Baskets often play a role in index arbitrage, program trading and hedging.

Definition 2
A collection of consumer goods and services that are tracked in the process of calculating a consumer price index. also called market basket.




basket is ...
... part of the
Bonds, Economy, Futures, Mutual Funds, Options, Stocks, Strategies and Trading subjects.


Related Terms

cost-of-living index -  More
CPI -  More
ECI -  More
ECU, Employer Cost Index, European Currency Unit, Retail Price Index, RPI, S&P 500, equity-linked note, currency basket, country basket, index options


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