Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to radio waves with a wavelength less than 10 meters (33 feet).
- adjective Of or relating to optical pulses with typical durations of femtoseconds.
- adjective Of extremely short duration.
- adjective Extremely short.
- adjective Of or relating to fixed-income investments with extremely short maturities, usually less than one year.
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- adjective sciences Extremely
short induration , typically on thefemtosecond scale - adjective physics, of a wave Having a
wavelength of between 1 and 10metree - adjective finance Having a very short term of investment, typically less than a year
- noun finance A bond with an extremely short term, typically less than a year
Etymologies
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Examples
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Clonidine and naloxone in ultrashort opiate detoxification.
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Investors filed suit in 2008, claiming the brokerage had misled them about the risks involved in the "ultrashort" - term fund, which suffered heavy losses amid the market's swoon in 2007 and 2008.
Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010
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Ultrashort Bonds So-called ultrashort bond funds, which invest in bonds of an average duration of one year or less, are often used as a tool to park short-term cash.
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That includes those that invest in very short maturities, or so-called ultrashort bond funds.
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REACHING FOR YIELD CAN BE PERILOUS With money-market funds sporting paltry yields in recent years, investors flocked to "ultrashort" bond funds.
What We've Learned 2008
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Today, the Bethesda, Md., fund manager will introduce an "ultrashort" China exchange-traded fund, an investment designed to rise in value when Chinese stocks fall, making it easier for investors to place bearish bets.
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Now they're fleeing after such "ultrashort" bond funds proved more vulnerable than expected to this year's credit-market turmoil.
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"ultrashort", meaning that they use leverage to net investors twice the return from any losses in the market.
Needlenose 2008
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Schwab YieldPlus called itself an ultrashort bond fund.
Why Regulators Can't Keep 'Safe' Bond Funds From Sinking Jason Zweig 2011
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"Some investors don't realize," says the SEC's website , "that there are material differences between ultrashort bond funds and other investments with relatively low risks, such as money-market funds and certificates of deposit."
Why Regulators Can't Keep 'Safe' Bond Funds From Sinking Jason Zweig 2011
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