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{{a|PB|[[File:PB margin loans.png|450px|thumb|center|The classic margin loan, yesterday]]}}
{{a|PB|[[File:PB margin loans.png|450px|thumb|center|The classic margin loan, yesterday]]
The classic prime brokerage transaction: a long position financed with a [[margin loan]].
[[File:PB stock loans.png|450px|thumb|center|The classic [[stock loan]], yesterday]]
[[File:PB long swap.png|450px|thumb|center|The classic long swap, yesterday]]
[[File:PB short swap.png|450px|thumb|center|The classic short swap, yesterday]]
}}The classic prime brokerage transactions, illustrated in the panel:
 
*'''Physical long''': A physical long position financed with a [[margin loan]].
*'''Physical short''': A physical short position created by selling a stock borrowed under a [[stock loan]].
*'''Synthetic long''': A “[[synthetic]]” economic equivalent of a physical long position created by entering an equity derivative as a {{eqderivprov|Floating Amount Payer}}.
*'''Synthetic short''': A “[[synthetic]]” economic equivalent of a physical short position created by entering an equity derivative as a {{eqderivprov|Equity Amount Payer}}.  
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