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In the so-called convexity hedging, mortgage securities holders sell Treasurys to hedge against rising rates. From Wordnik.com. [Inflation Concerns Snare Bonds] Reference
Traders said hedging related to mortgage debt, or so-called convexity selling, also played a part Wednesday in pressuring Treasury yields higher. From Wordnik.com. [Treasurys Sink as Euro-Zone Worries Fade] Reference
However, there is no way to reduce the convexity property to. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
The first thing that strikes one is the convexity of the sole. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
Facial tubercle: Diptera; a median convexity below middle of face. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
This would not be possible under conventional convexity assumptions. From Wordnik.com. [Additional background material on the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1996] Reference
It is distinguished by convexity of features and sharpness of angles. From Wordnik.com. [How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony] Reference
The convexity on the opposite side of the slab gave exactly the same results. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon Pool] Reference
Their convexity is turned towards the uterus, the concavity towards the embryo. From Wordnik.com. [On the Generation of Animals] Reference
The kettle, which had dimpled inward, bunged back to convexity with a faint gong. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Brilliant shafts radiated from the convexity of the arch, coming and going silently. From Wordnik.com. [Two on a Tower] Reference
Yet the earth, with the exception of the alteration in its convexity, in this part of. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet] Reference
Upon either side of the needier you hold, you will observe a small movable convexity. From Wordnik.com. [Nightside The Long Sun]
At that moment, the moon, instead of appearing flat like a disc, showed its convexity. From Wordnik.com. [Round the Moon] Reference
The wings are bent like the forelegs of a quadruped, having their convexity turned outwards. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
I went carefully over the entire convexity, and six times more the chill ran through my arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon Pool] Reference
Yes: under this abnormal convexity are fostered, as behind a lens, the glowing tendencies of my youth. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873] Reference
Descartes shifted his bulk in the chair, causing the huge convexity of his midriff to wobble noticeably. From Wordnik.com. [Salvage for the Saint]
The face seems lost in a "boundless convexity" of thick frizzled hair, which stands out in every direction. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands] Reference
The opening for each eye formed a sparkling crescent, both upper and under lid having the convexity upwards. From Wordnik.com. [The Hand of Ethelberta] Reference
The mask particularly captures the space between the eyes, theface length, and the convexity of the features. From Wordnik.com. [Bernie L. Madoff Halloween masks are flying off the shelves, popular, best-selling] Reference
The corn slides down the convexity of the lower stone, and by the motion of the upper is ground in its passage. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland] Reference
If their faces were plane they would appear concave to the eye; the convexity compensates for this optical illusion. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
In so doing, he did not reason why; he was merely following precedent that had created this incomprehensible convexity. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
The convexity of the isolines had to be added as a new axiom for which no transparent explanation has yet been offered. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
It is easily seen that the curves traced by the shadow of the point P are hyperbolas whose convexity is turned toward A B. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891] Reference
Seen sidewise, the body of the Metal Emperor showed as a convexity; its surface smooth, with a suggestion of transparency. From Wordnik.com. [The Metal Monster] Reference
St. Esprit, is built, not in a strait line across the river, but with a curve, which forms a convexity to oppose the current. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through France and Italy] Reference
If the error is one of convexity, the polishing strokes are to be made along the chords, extending over the edge of the polisher. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
A new difficulty arises now because the Principle of Decreas - ing Marginal Utility does not suffice to guarantee this convexity. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
The astragalus had been reduced to a mere shell of compact tissue, and the convexity of the articular surface was altogether lost. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
After the age of fifty it may be unnecessary to use drops, as the muscular power to alter the convexity of the lens is greatly diminished. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
The ring was then dropped to the floor so as to strike on the convexity just opposite to the walnut, which invariably was broken to pieces. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Since mortgage security owners are short the option (the opposite of borrowers, who are long the option), they use the term "negative convexity.". From Wordnik.com. [Mortgage Depreciation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
On land, as well as on sea, the remote distance had completely disappeared, and it seemed as though the globe had assumed a more decided convexity. From Wordnik.com. [Off on a Comet] Reference
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