Kassamarkt

German

Etymology

Kassa (cash/spot) +‎ Markt (market)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkasaˌmaʁkt]
  • Hyphenation: Kas‧sa‧markt

Noun

Kassamarkt m (strong, genitive Kassamarkts, plural Kassamarkte)

  1. (finance, economics) spot market, cash market (a public financial market in which financial instruments or commodities are traded for immediate delivery)
    Am Kassamarkt werden Transaktionen unmittelbar abgewickelt, was für die kurzfristige Zahlungskraft der Marktteilnehmer von entscheidender Bedeutung ist.
    On the spot market, transactions are settled immediately, which is of decisive importance for the short-term solvency of market participants.
    Während der Terminmarkt die Zukunft absichert, spiegelt der Kassamarkt die aktuelle Wirtschaftskraft und die reale Nachfrage in der Industriegesellschaft wider.
    While the futures market hedges the future, the cash market reflects the current economic power and real demand in industrial society.

Declension

Synonyms

  • Spotmarkt (spot market; very common in energy and commodity trading)
  • Effektenmarkt (securities market; specifically for immediate stock delivery)

Antonyms

Coordinate terms

  • Kassakurs (spot price)
  • Glattstellung (offsetting/closing a position)
  • T+2 (standard settlement cycle)
  • Liquidität (liquidity)
  • kassieren (to collect/cash in)
  • Marktpreis (market price)

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