Basket (finance)
In finance, a basket is a group of several securities created for the purpose of simultaneous buying or selling. Baskets are frequently used for program trading.
Certain specific products can be seen as specialized "baskets".
- Index funds are a basket for all the securities in a particular exchange, weighted appropriately.
- Market baskets are baskets for all the securities on a particular market, weighted appropriately.
- Basket options are exotic options for which the underlying is a (weighted) combination of individual assets.
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