CALL RISK is the risk that a bond will be prepaid before its maturity date, causing the investor to lose future interest payments, which may be at interest rates well above current market rates.
HEDGING is strategy focused upon reducing exposure to risk of loss resulting from fluctuations in exchange rates, commodity prices, interest rates etc. Hedging in securities is taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change, thereby limiting financial risk.
L as the fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol indicates that the issue is a class of stock such as: preferred when issued, third preferred class of warrants, sixth class of preferred stock, or foreign preferred.
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