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| Rally | A substantial rise in the market price following a decline
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| Range | The high and low transaction prices of a currency, security or commodity during a given period
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| Rate | The price of one currency in terms of another
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| Ratio Spread | Buying a specific quantity of options and selling a larger quantity of out of the money options
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| Ratio Calendar Spread | Selling more near-term options than longer maturity options at the same strike price
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| Reaction | A reversal of the prevailing trend in price movement. The term is most often used to describe a decline after a period of rising prices
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| Real | Interest rate that has been adjusted to eliminate the effect of inflation
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| Recession | A period of general economic decline; specifically a decline in GDP for two or more consecutive quarters
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| Reinvestment Rate | The rate at which interest earned on a loan can be reinvested. The rate may not attract the same level of interest as the principal amount
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| Repo | A contract in which the seller of fixed income securities such as Treasury Bills agrees to buy them back at a specified time and price
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| Repo Rate | The buy back rate of the repurchase agreement
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| Repurchase Agreement | See Repo
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| Reserves | Funds set aside for emergencies or other future needs; Official reserves are to ensure that a government can meet near term obligations
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| Reserve Requirement | The ratio of reserves to deposits, expressed as a fraction, prescribed by national banking authorities
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| Resistance Point | A price recognized by technical analysts as a price which is likely to result in a rebound, but if broken through is likely to result in a significant price movement
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| Retail Price index | RPI; an inflationary indicator that measures the change in the cost of a fixed basket of retail goods
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| Retail Sales | A monthly measurement of all goods sold by retailers based on a sampling of retail stores of different types and sizes; often a measure of consumer confidence
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| Reuter Dealing | A system for screen based trading between banks in operation since the early 1980s
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| Reversal | Change in the general trend of the market
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| Revaluation | A change, usually an increase, in a country’s fixed exchange rate as a result of official action
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| Risk Management | The process of analyzing exposure to risk and determining how best to handle such exposure
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| Risk Reversal | A combination of purchasing put options with the sale of call options. The put limits the downside, while the call limits the upside
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| Rollover | An overnight swap, specifically the next business day against the following business day (also called Tomorrow Next, abbreviated to Tom-Next)
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| Round Turn | A completed transaction involving both a purchase and a subsequent sale, or a sale followed by a liquidating purchase
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| Running a Position | Keeping open positions in the hope of a speculative gain
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