Basket Option

  

There are a lot of financial terms containing the word "basket." The common thread between them? Things are grouped together (duh).

For a basket option, the underlying asset would be a collection of assets, currencies, securities, etc. The holder is not obligated, but has the right to sell or purchase an asset at a particular price within a specified timeframe. An advantage to the basket option is that it's less expensive than multiple individual option transactions, since multiple assets are "basketed" together in one transaction.

Related or Semi-related Video

Finance: What is Capital Gains Distribut...21 Views

00:00

Finance a la shmoop what are capital gains distributions? cap gains app

00:08

hap-happy day.. your mutual fund invested a hundred grand in whatever.com it then [Mutual fund appears]

00:14

was bought by Google for three hundred grand

00:17

three years after you invested at least that was your portion that three hundred

00:21

grand well you had a gain of two hundred grand

00:23

on your investment and because Google paid cash not stock in acquiring

00:27

whatever.com on your books the gain was realized ie turned into cash so then the

00:34

mutual fund has to distribute to you that capital gains ie the cash it [Capital gains definition appears]

00:39

realized in selling the company to the kindly loving people at Google whose

00:45

motto is do only a little bit of evil right so one more time for the people in

00:49

the back how does this capital gains distribution thing work well the fund

00:53

manager looking out for your mutual fund may sell or buy some of the stocks or [Fund manager appears with stocks and bonds]

00:58

bonds in your fund if she sells and makes a profit well then that profit or

01:03

the proportionate gains part of it has to be distributed to the fund holder and

01:08

that's you and then of course you got to pay taxes

01:11

on that distribution if your fund is held in a normal account like it's in a

01:15

401k or an IRA you'll pay taxes on it later but not right away and if you own

01:19

it personally well you'll pay at that year yeah Uncle Sam always needs to get [Uncle Sam appears]

01:23

his cut when there's capital gains distribution if he doesn't he gets angry

01:27

and you know you wouldn't like Uncle Sam when he's angry [Uncle Sam turns into Hulk]

Up Next

Finance: What is a Country Basket (Index Fund)?
30 Views

What is a Country Basket (Index Fund)? Investing internationally can be a challenge, as foreign exchange, different accounting rules, time zones an...

Finance: Who Invests in Stocks?
141 Views

Who invests in stocks? 401k plans, pension funds, institutional investors, banks, traders, clients of Schwab, Fidelity, and Franklin. Joe Blow buys...

Finance: What is a Pension?
31 Views

What is a pension? Pensions are just retirement plans. Employers provide them and pay into funds as an investment for their employees. Once employe...

Finance: What Rights Does a Public Stockholder Have?
67 Views

What rights does a public stockholder have? Common shareholders elect the board of directors. They vote. They have the right to quarterly financial...

Find other enlightening terms in Shmoop Finance Genius Bar(f)