This type of option is pretty simple to understand. We’re looking at a call, so the idea is that a stock price is supposed to go up.
A cash-or-nothing call pays out a fixed amount if and only if the stock hits a predetermined price. The “or-nothing” comes from the fact that, if the stock never hits that price, you get, well...nothing.
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Finance: What Is a Real Return?67 Views
finance- a la shmoop. what is a real return? like is there a fake return? you
know like the news? well kinda .real return refers to an [man frowns talking to camera]
investment return mapped against inflation. so let's say you invest in a
bond that pays five percent a year for ten years and then pays you back your
principal .boring but nice- you know like a good doctor visit. your nominal return
over that period was 5% but since inflation was 3% a year during that
period on average your real return was only 2% a year- meaning that the
performance of your investment only eked out a 2% net gain against the price of [equation]
milk gas and you know knocked off iPhones. so don't be a chump who thinks
that they're making more money than they really are, and you know keep on keeping
it real. [man sitting in chair, talks to camera]
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