幾個財務方面的名詞請教

[zibra]

小弟有意申請財務方面的MASTER，但才疏學淺，非本科系。有一些名詞自己看不太懂，還請版上前輩多多指導。以下為問題：

1.The Master in Advanced Finance program affords up-to-the minute knowledge in the most innovative areas of finance such as securization, swaps, commodities, equity derivatives, leveraged buy-outs, geopolitics, behavioural finance or value at risk or Islamic finance.

securization,swaps,commodities,equity derivatives,leveraged buy-outs這幾個名詞不懂。

2.credit derivatives or mergers and acquisitions. credit derivatives和acquisitions各是什麼是意思？derivatives我知道是衍生性金融商品。

3.Agreements with financial institutions which grant credits under preferential conditions. Candidates may apply for these loans without any charge. The decision is subject to the bank’s approval.
關於獎學金的部分，這意思是說不用charge費用，但是要看你申請不申請的到的意思嗎？

[modern]

你可以先wiki一下...

most of these jargons could be found on wiki.

找不到了或是看不懂了再來問吧