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HEDGE AGAINST INFLATION [4 records]

Record 1 2017-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Loans
DEF

A clause in an agreement which offers the lender repayment in terms of the price of gold equivalent to the currency at the time the loan was made. In times of devaluation, such a clause is a hedge against inflation. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Prêts et emprunts
DEF

[...] stipulation tendant à assurer la stabilité du pouvoir d'achat d'une créance ou d'une obligation déterminée, par référence à un poids d'or.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Préstamos
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Record 2 2011-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
DEF

An investment in such assets which are likely to increase in line with the retail price index, so that the investor will be able to retain his/her purchasing power.

CONT

Bonds, long-term mortgages and insurance contracts, as well as nonconvertible preferred stocks, are poor hedges against inflation because they offer stated and fixed returns, and principals over their life ... Investments that offer variable returns are usually better hedges against inflation.

CONT

Like their cousins, gold and silver, platinum and palladium are priced in U.S. dollars per ounce. And, like the other precious metals, they can be used as inflation hedges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Investissement permettant d'être à l'abri en cas de crise financière ou de dépression des marchés.

CONT

L'or sous sa forme physique est considéré comme valeur refuge.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Trusts (common law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

A custom designed and individually managed trust that enables you to retain a variable income for your lifetime or a fixed term of years, claim a current income tax deduction, and make a future gift to charity.

CONT

A charitable remainder unitrust pays income based on a percentage of the fair market value of the trust assets as determined annually. Typically, the "CRUT" will be revalued every January 1st. Because a unitrust pays a variable amount of income based on the annual market value of the trust assets, this form of charitable remainder trust may provide a hedge against inflation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des fiducies (common law)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
DEF

Type de fiducie résiduaire de bienfaisance aux États-Unis qui verse annuellement un pourcentage fixe de l'actif de la fiducie, révisé chaque année, à un ou à plusieurs fiduciaires leur vie durant ou pendant un nombre d'années donné.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

[It measures] the economic worth of current income deferred for spending in future years.

DEF

One of the functions of money in that it stores wealth or value.

CONT

Gold has proven its economic usefulness as a store of value. It is an enduring hedge against inflation and has protected its owners through the collapse of paper currencies such as took place in Germany in the 1920's.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
DEF

Lien entre le présent et l'avenir : [permet] de reporter dans le temps les achats.

CONT

L'or a fait preuve de son utilité économique en tant que réserve de valeur. C'est un moyen durable de se prémunir contre l'inflation et il a su protéger ceux qui en détiennent contre l'effondrement du papier-monnaie, comme ce fut le cas en Allemagne au cours des années 1920.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
  • Bolsa de valores
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