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I haven't traveled in Africa nearly as much as I'd like to. I've been there a few times, and I'd like to learn more about the various cultures in Africa. But that's the basis point of where all of the music that I love is based upon, from Africa to Cuba to Puerto Rico to South America.
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Meaning of "basis point" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BASIS POINT

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Basis point is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BASIS POINT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Basis point

A basis point (often denoted as bp, often pronounced as "bip" or "beep") is a unit equal to one hundredth of a percentage point, or one part per ten thousand, 1/10,000. The same unit is also (rarely) called a permyriad, literally meaning 'for (every) myriad (ten thousand)'. If used interchangeably, the permyriad is potentially confusing because an increase of one basis point to a 10 basis point value is generally understood to mean an increase to 11 basis points; not an increase of one part in ten thousand, meaning an increase to 10.001 basis points. A permyriad is written with U+2031 ‱ per ten thousand sign (HTML: ‱) which looks like a percent sign (%) with two extra zeroes at the end (like a stylized form of the four zeros in the denominator, although it originates as a natural extension of the percent (%) and permille (‰) signs). A basis point is defined as: 1 basis point = 1 permyriad = one one-hundredth percent 1 bp = 1‱ = 0.01% = 0.1‰ = 10−4 = 1⁄10000 = 0.0001 1% = 100 bp = 100‱ Basis points are used as a convenient unit of measurement in contexts where percentage differences of less than 1% are discussed.

Definition of basis point in the English dictionary

The definition of basis point in the dictionary is a measure used for describing interest rates, equal to one hundredth of a percentage point.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE BASIS POINT

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Translator English - Chinese

基点
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

punto básico
570 millions of speakers

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basis point
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधार अंक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نقطة أساس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Базисный пункт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ponto base
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেস পয়েন্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

point de base
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Titik asas
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Translator English - German

Basispunkt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベーシスポイント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Titik basis
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Translator English - Vietnamese

điểm cơ bản
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Translator English - Tamil

அடிப்படை புள்ளி
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Translator English - Marathi

आधार बिंदू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Temel nokta
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Translator English - Italian

basis point
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

punkt bazowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

базисний пункт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

punct de bază
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μονάδα βάσης
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Translator English - Afrikaans

basispunt
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Translator English - Swedish

räntepunkter
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Translator English - Norwegian

basispunkt
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Chick Corea
I haven't traveled in Africa nearly as much as I'd like to. I've been there a few times, and I'd like to learn more about the various cultures in Africa. But that's the basis point of where all of the music that I love is based upon, from Africa to Cuba to Puerto Rico to South America.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BASIS POINT»

Discover the use of basis point in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to basis point and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Derivatives Handbook: Risk Management and Control
The four levels are the basis point value (BPV) approach, transaction level CRMU approach (which incorporates volatilities), portfolio CRMU approach ( incorporating both volatilities and correlations), and, finally, a portfolio approach which ...
Robert J. Schwartz, Clifford W. Smith, 1997
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Bond Portfolio Management
One measure of the dollar price sensitivity of a bond to interest rate changes is the price value of a basis point (PVBP). This measure, also referred to as the dollar value of an 01 ( DO 1 ). is the change in the price of a bond if the yield changes ...
Frank J. Fabozzi, CFA, 2001
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Advanced Fixed-Income Valuation Tools
In other words, the fall in a bond's price due to a 1 basis point increase in rates is less than the increase in price due to a 1 basis point decline in rates. Given this property, consider what would happen if there were a 50% chance that rates ...
Narasimhan Jegadeesh, Bruce Tuckman, 2000
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Bond and Money Markets: Strategy, Trading, Analysis
Portfolio managers and market makers use another measure, calculated from modified duration, known as basis point value. In this chapter we discuss basis point value and also a related measure, the yield value of a price change.
Moorad Choudhry, 2003
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Fixed Income Analysis
This means that for a 100 basis point change in yield, the average percentage price change is 10.44% (100 times 0.1044%). A formula for estimating the approximate percentage price change for a 100 basis point change in yield is: price if ...
Frank J. Fabozzi, 2007
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An Introduction to International Capital Markets: Products, ...
Work out the change in the dollar price of the bond for a one basis point rise in yield. • Step 2. Work out the change in the dollar price of the bond for a one basis point fall in yield. • Step 3. Average the results from Steps 1 and 2. An average is  ...
Andrew M. Chisholm, 2009
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Treasury Securities and Derivatives
One measure of the dollar price sensitivity of a Treasury security to interest rate changes is the price value of a basis point (PVBP). This measure. also referred to as the dollar value of an 0l (DV0l ). is the change in the price of a Treasury ...
Frank J. Fabozzi, CFA, 1997
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Introduction to Derivatives and Risk Management
A 50 basis point move up would cause the option value to move to $89,269, a loss of $15,524. A 50 basis point decrease would cause the option value to move to $61,919, a gain of $11,826.4 As we learned in Chapter 5, the risk associated ...
Don Chance, Roberts Brooks, 2012
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Institutional Investment Management: Equity and Bond ...
The two popular measures used are (1) the price value of a basis point and (2) duration and convexity. However, both measures suffer from the problem that they measure only an exposure to a parallel shift in interest rates. That is, it is ...
Frank J. Fabozzi, 2009
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Global Financial Stability Report, April 2013: Old Risks, ...
... Bond—Government Bond Spread2 (Daily changes, in basis points) (Daily returns, in percent) 1—3 year 3—5 year 5—7 year Effect of a surprise monetary easing, per basis point — 0.078*** 0087*“ 0.075H Additional effect of MP-plus easing, ...
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BASIS POINT»

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MTA Soars to Highest Since 2011
An analysis of Federal Reserve data by Mortgage Daily indicates that the MTA was one basis point more in June than in the prior month. «Mortgage Daily, Jul 15»
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Bond Market's Modest Reaction Shows No Panic After Greece's Vote
Italian 10-year bond yields added 12 basis points to 2.37 percent, compared with a 24 basis-point increase on June 29. The yield on Spanish ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
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Asia Stocks Rise as Greek Selloff Seen Overdone; Treasuries Fall
Yields on 10-year Treasuries added one basis point, or 0.01 percentage point, to 2.30 percent after sinking 10 basis points last session. «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
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Pound at Week-High Versus Euro as U.K. Bonds Rise on Greek Vote
The U.K. currency gained 0.1 percent to $1.5591. Benchmark 10-year gilt yields rose one basis point, or 0.01 percentage point, to 2.01 percent. «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
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Treasury yields fall to two-week low on heels of Greek vote
... +2.68% fell 4.8 basis points to 0.589% and the yield on the 30-year TMUBMUSD30Y, +0.50% Treasury declined 10.9 basis point to 3.084%. «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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PepsiCo vs. S&P 500 -- Stock Has Several Issues Hurting …
Organic sales growth of 4.4%, a 150 basis point increase in gross margin and $145 million in additional operating profit drove the first quarter. «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
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South Africa Stocks Drop as Commodities Tumble on China, Greece
... as of 5:16 p.m in Johannesburg. Yields on government rand-denominated bonds due December 2026 rose one basis point to 8.27 percent. «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
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A complete list of the Chinese government's stock-market stimulus …
June 27: A surprise 25 basis point interest rate cut and lowering of the reserves banks need to keep when they lend to companies. June 29: ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
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Top Honors Go to Vanguard and Its Strong Culture
In 2014, the firm's average expense ratio dropped a basis point to 0.18% from 0.19% in 2013 and 2012. This model also makes Vanguard's ... «Morningstar.com, Jul 15»
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Canada in recession, rate cut likely: TD
... as traders anticipate a second rate cut following a surprise 25 basis point reduction in January that was intended to stimulate the economy. «Toronto Star, Jul 15»

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