Oct 11, 2006 07:08
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term

renta variable

Spanish to English Other Finance (general)
In a questionnaire for determining an individual's investment risk profile (no more context apart from below)

1.- ¿Identifique con cual de las siguientes frases se encuentra más de acuerdo?


El mercado de acciones ofrece importantes oportunidades de beneficio.

La renta variable es muy arriesgada, aunque es importante realizar una parte de
mi inversión en acciones.

La renta variable permite diversificar mi cartera a fin de obtener una rentabilidad
extra asumiendo cierto riesgo.

La renta variable es muy arriesgada.

Is this equity investment?

Proposed translations

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45 mins
Selected

Equities

I've always seen equity or equities in British English meaning "renta variable".
Peer comment(s):

agree John Rynne : totally agree.
12 mins
Thanks so much, John
agree MikeGarcia : Agree with John.-
1 hr
agree Latin_Hellas (X) : It could be "variable income" (some bonds not fixed coupon), but since context expressly mentions "acciones", then "equities".
1 hr
agree SteveW : I agree with "equity investment"
4 hrs
agree Victoria Frazier
7 hrs
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6 mins

variable income

This differs from "fixed income" in that rate of return on the investment can go up or down. It is not earned at a fixed rate.
Hope this helps.
More than 17 1/2 years of experience in translation of financial documents, based in Mexico City.
Peer comment(s):

agree Matthew Smith
1 min
agree Silvia Brandon-Pérez
2 mins
agree Ricardo Falconi : de acuerdo
21 mins
Gracias, tocayo. Saludos desde México, Richard.
agree uxia90 : Obviously yes. Already asked here: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/206941
1 hr
Gracias, Eugenia. Saludos desde México, Richard.
disagree John Rynne : http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=equ...
1 hr
See my reference.
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6 hrs

variable income securities/investments

In this context.
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9 hrs

Equity securities

Equities is a perfect translation but another possibility (which I prefer since equity is used in so many different contexts) is equity securities.
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