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carry trade

Carry trade is an investment consisting of borrowing at a low interest rate to invest in an asset providing a higher rate of return, typically for less than a year.

Carry trades often involve borrowing in hard currency (such as dollars, euros, british pounds, or yen) to invest in high-risk, high-interest notes issued by third world countries.

As these investments are typically not sustainable for the issuing country, most such carry trades are cashed out (re-converted into dollars) within a year - during which net returns of 10% to 50% can often be earned.
A disastrous carry trade developed in Argentina during the Macri presidency (2015-19), as both local and foreign investors took advantage of notes with annual yields averaging over 80%. The trick was re-converting the notes into dollars before the inevitable devaluations, in which the investment could lose 20% in a day.
by ruckman December 24, 2019
mugGet the carry trademug.

carried

A niche word originating from Atherstone, England. If something is carried it is bad, or low
Person 1: "Kyle was rolling my joint and the wasteman dropped all the bud."

Person 2: "Carried mate"
by Crafted February 27, 2016
mugGet the carriedmug.

rng carried

Usually refers to a man called Rory who's blessed with luck and broken RNG.
Rory is such an RNG carried fuck.
by Chizura July 5, 2018
mugGet the rng carriedmug.

Butcher Carry

The act of lifting another person by grabbing their shirt collar and simultaneously inserting 1-2 fingers into their asshole in hook like fashion, and lifting.
The student was getting a drink of water from the water fountain before the bully started doing a Butcher Carry.
by LilShotdog December 16, 2017
mugGet the Butcher Carrymug.

Carried

Sam just got carried
by TurtleTron April 18, 2019
mugGet the Carriedmug.

Carrying

Being the best in the current group you are in.
"Even though we lost you were carrying."
by antiaxam August 30, 2023
mugGet the Carryingmug.

down carry

someone who is so bad they carry the team to a loss
you are a down carry. trash player.
by 55arBallLicker May 19, 2021
mugGet the down carrymug.

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