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Basis is a term used in mathematics, finance, science, and other contexts to refer to foundational concepts, valuation measures, or organizational names; here, it may refer to:

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Finance and accounting

  • Adjusted basis, the net cost of an asset after adjusting for various tax-related items
  • Basis point, 0.01%, often used in the context of interest rates
  • Basis swap, an interest rate swap
  • Cost basis, in income tax law, the original cost of property adjusted for factors such as depreciation
  • Tax basis, cost of an asset

Securities markets and trading strategies

  • Basis trading, a trading strategy consisting of the purchase of a security and the sale of a similar security

  1. Fixed income markets:
    • Treasury basis trade, a leveraged arbitrage strategy exploiting price differences between Treasury securities and futures contracts
    • Index arbitrage, a strategy that exploits price differences between a stock index and its futures contract

  2. Commodities and physical assets:
  3. Equities and funds, including ETFs:
    • Equity basis trade (Merger arbitrage and ETF arbitrage → {{section link|Exchange-traded fund|Arbitrage mechanism}}), including arbitrage between ETFs and NAVs or spreads in merger arbitrage
    • Dividend arbitrage (Dividend stripping), a tax optimization strategy involving dividend-paying equities

  4. Derivatives and synthetics:
    • Options basis trade (Box spread, {{section link|Options arbitrage|Conversion}}, Put–call parity), strategies involving synthetic positions like box spreads or conversions
    • Synthetic tax arbitrage, historical securities lending strategies used by funds to capture or simulate tax benefits

  5. Digital assets:
    • Crypto basis trade, a trading strategy using price differentials between spot and futures in digital assets

  6. Controversial schemes:
    • CumEx trading (CumEx-Files), a controversial tax arbitrage strategy involving dividend withholding refunds in Europe

  7. Pricing concepts:
    • Basis of futures, the value differential between a future and the spot price
    • Basis (options), the value differential between a call option and a put option

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Organizations

People

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