Exante

English translation: Are you sure it's not ex ante ...

16:38 Jan 22, 2003
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English term or phrase: Exante
Proper name of financial service/product - does anyone recognize this as an exisiting word/term in their native language?
LinguaLinx (X)
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Selected answer:Are you sure it's not ex ante ...
Explanation:
as in:

Ex ante return - the expected return or anticipated return of an asset or portfolio

Ex ante value - the forecasted rate of return

etc.?

Or is it ex-auntie? (She used to be my mother's sister; but then she had a sex change operation and now he's a chicken-freezer at Tescos.)

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1 +4Are you sure it's not ex ante ...
TonyTK
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eldira
3 +1expected, forecasted
zebung
3exante return
jerrie


  

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exante return


Explanation:
exante return
The expected return of a portfolio, calculated from a proportional weighting of the expected returns of its component assets. In calculating this return, the probabilities assumed for each possible expected return must be calculated as accurately as possible in order for the exante return to be close to the actual return.


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http://www.investorwords.com/cgi-bin/getword.cgi?1787
http://www.rjt.com/Glossary/e.htm

Hope that helps

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Are you sure it's not ex ante ...


Explanation:
as in:

Ex ante return - the expected return or anticipated return of an asset or portfolio

Ex ante value - the forecasted rate of return

etc.?

Or is it ex-auntie? (She used to be my mother's sister; but then she had a sex change operation and now he's a chicken-freezer at Tescos.)



TonyTK
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agree  Paula Ibbotson: Yes, I believe it is the Latin "ex ante" - expected!
8 hrs

agree  Alexandra Tussing
10 hrs

agree  Tudor Soiman
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agree  Ildiko Santana: Thank god my Mom never had a sister... ;)
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expected, forecasted


Explanation:
It's latin - "ex ante"

In terms of business, I would say it means an expected or forecasted outcome or result, based solely on a reference I found - below.


    Reference: http://www.marketvolume.com/glossary/e0198.asp
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additional information


Explanation:
ex ante = based on assumption and prediction and being essentially subjective and estimative; opposed to ex post
Merriam-Webster's Unabridged

contract exante = to agree to
transaction and settlement rules governing execution of future exchange
www.stanford.edu/~mwwhite/Dynamic_efficiency.pdf

exante return = The expected return of a portfolio, calculated from a proportional weighting of the expected returns of its component assets
www.investorwords.com/cgi-bin/getword.cgi?1787

Google returned some 2,760 hits including from countries abbreviated with dk,mx,ar,co,cl,de,ie etc.

hope this helps - as far as I know, it has not yet entered the Indonesian language.

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agree  Ildiko Santana
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