Glossary of Stock Market Terms

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Financial Terms By: C
"Can get $xxx"
"Cannot compete"
"Cannot complete"
"Clean your skirts"
"Confirm me out"
"Cost me"
"Customer picking prices"
C
C
C Corporation
C Corporations
C&I
Ca
Ca
Caa1
Caa2
Caa3
Cabinet crowd
Cabinet security
Cable
CAC
CAC 40 index
CAD
CADS
CAF
Cage
CAGR
Calendar
Calendar effect
Calendar spread
Calendar Straddle or Combination
Call
Call an option
Call date
Call feature
Call loan
Call loan rate
Call money rate
Call option
Call premium
Call price
Call protection
Call provision
Call risk
Call swaption
Callability
Callable
Called away
CAMPS
CAN
Canadian agencies
Canadian Dealing Network (CDN)
Cancel
Canceled Certificates
Candlestick chart
Cap
Capacity
Capacity utilization rate
Capex
Capital
Capital account
Capital allocation decision
Capital appreciation
Capital appreciation fund
Capital asset
Capital asset pricing model (CAPM)
Capital budget
Capital budgeting
Capital Builder Account (CBA)
Capital charge rate
Capital commitments
Capital expenditures
Capital flight
Capital formation
Capital gain
Capital gains distribution
Capital gains tax
Capital gains yield
Capital goods
Capital growth
Capital infusion
Capital International Indexes
Capital investment
Capital lease
Capital loss
Capital market
Capital market efficiency
Capital market imperfections view
Capital market line (CML)
Capital market proceeds
Capital Purchase Program
Capital rationing
Capital requirements
Capital reserve
Capital shares
Capital stock
Capital structure
Capital surplus
Capital turnover
Capital-intensive
Capitalization
Capitalization method
Capitalization rate
Capitalization ratios
Capitalization table
Capitalization-Weighted Index
Capitalized
Capitalized interest
CAPM
Capped-Style Option
CAPS
Captive finance company
Caput
Car
Caracas Stock Exchange
CARDs
Cargo
Carriage and Insurance Paid To (CIP)
Carriage Paid To (CPT)
Carried interest
Carrot equity
Carry
Carry Trade
Carryback
Carryforwards
Carrying charge
Carrying costs
Carrying value
Carryover
CARs
Cartel
Carve out
Case-Shiller index
Cash
Cash & carry
Cash account
Cash and equivalents
Cash asset ratio
Cash Available for Debt Service
Cash balance pension plan
Cash basis
Cash budget
Cash commodity
Cash conversion cycle
Cash cow
Cash cycle
Cash deficiency agreement
Cash delivery
Cash discount
Cash dividend
Cash earnings
Cash flow
Cash flow after interest and taxes
Cash flow break-even point
Cash flow coverage ratio
Cash flow from operations
Cash flow matching
Cash flow per common share
Cash flow time line
Cash in Advance
Cash In Lieu (CIL)
Cash investments
Cash management
Cash management bill
Cash markets
Cash offer
Cash on delivery (COD)
Cash plus convertible
Cash position
Cash price
Cash ratio
Cash reserves
Cash sale/settlement
Cash Settlement
Cash settlement contracts
Cash transaction
Cash value life insurance
Cash-equivalent items
Cash-liabilities ratio
Cash-on-cash return
Cash-out Laws
Cash-surrender value
Cashbook
Cashed-Based
Cashier's check
Cashout
Casualty loss
Casualty-insurance
Catastrophe bond
Catastrophe call
CATS
Cats and dogs
Caveat emptor, caveat subscriptor
CAX
CBD
CBFA
CBO
CBOE
CC
CCK
CCO
CCP
CCR
CD (1)
CD (2)
CDC
CDN
CDO
CDO squared
CDS
Cease-and-desist order
CEBS
CEC
Cede & Co.
CEDEL
Ceiling
Centillion
Central bank
Central bank intervention
Central bank liquidity swap
Central Counterparty Clearing House
Central Limit Theorem
Centralized cash flow management
Cents per share
Certainty equivalent
Certainty Equivalent Return
Certificate
Certificate of Accrual on Treasury Securities (CATS)
Certificate of deposit (CD)
Certificate of Origin
Certificateless municipals
Certificates of Amortized Revolving Debt (CARD)
Certificates of Automobile Receivables (CAR)
Certified check
Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
Certified financial statements
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Certified Treasury Professional (CTP)
CF
CFAT
CFC
CFD
CFR
CFTC
CG
CH
Chain base index
Chair of the board
Changes in financial position
CHAP
Chapter 11 Proceedings
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 22
Chapter 33
Chapter 7 Proceedings
Chapter 9
Characteristic line
Characteristic portfolio
Charge
Charge back
Charge off
Charitable remainder trust
Charter
Charter Amendment Limitations
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Chartists
Chasing the market
Chastity bonds
Chattel Mortgage
Chatter
CHE
Cheapest to deliver issue
Check
Check clearing
Checking Account
Checking the market
Checkwriting
CHESS
CHF
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (Cnooc)
Chinese hedge
Chinese wall
CHIPS
CHL
CHN
Choice market
Chooser option
Churning
CI
CIF
Cincinnati Stock Exchange (CSE)
Circle
Circuit breakers
Circus swap
Citizen bonds
City code on takeovers and mergers
CIV
CK
CL
Claim dilution
Claimant
Class
Class A/Class B shares
Class action
Class of Options
Classified Board
Classified stock
Claused Bill of Lading
Clawback
Clean
Clean Bill of Lading
Clean opinion
Clean price
Clean Report of Findings
Clean up
Clean-up merger
Clear
Clear a position
Clear title
Clearing corporations
Clearing House Automated Payments System (CHAPS)
Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS)
Clearing house funds
Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS)
Clearing member
Clearing Member Trade Agreement (CMTA)
Clearinghouse
CLF
Clientele effect
CLO
Clone fund
Close
Close a position
Close market
Close-end credit
Closed corporation
Closed fund
Closed out
Closed-end fund
Closed-end management company
Closed-end mortgage
Closely held
Closely held company
Closing costs
Closing price
Closing purchase
Closing quote
Closing range
Closing sale
Closing tick
Closing transaction
Closing TRIN
Cloud on title
CLP
Club
Cluster analysis
CM
CMBS
CME
CML
CMO
CMO REIT
CMR
CMTA
CMVM
CN
CNMV
CNOOC
CNY
CO
Co-agent
Co-financing
Co-manager
Coattail investing
Cocos
COD
COD transaction
Code of procedure
Coefficient of determination
Coefficient of Variation
Coface
Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange (CS&CE)
Cofinancing agreements
COG
Coherent Market Hypothesis
Coincident indicators
Coinsurance effect
COK
COL
COLAs
Cold-calling
Collar
Collateral
Collateral trust bonds
Collateralized Bond Obligation (CBO)
Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO)
Collateralized loan obligation (CLO)
Collateralized mortgage obligation (CMO)
Collecting Bank
Collection
Collection float
Collection fractions
Collection period
Collection policy
Collection ratio
Collective Action Clause (CAC)
Collective wisdom
Colombo Stock Exchange
COLT (Continuous on-line trading system)
COM
Comanager
Combination
Combination annuity
Combination bond
Combination matching
Combination order
Combination strategy
Combined financial statement
Come in
Come out of the trade
Comeout
COMEX
Comfort letter
Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV)
Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM)
Commercial and Industrial Loan (C&I Loan)
Commercial and Industrial Loans (C&I)
Commercial bank
Commercial draft
Commercial Futures Trading Commission
Commercial hedgers
Commercial invoice
Commercial letters of credit
Commercial loan
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities
Commercial paper
Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF)
Commercial property
Commercial real estate loans
Commercial risk
Commingling
Commission
Commission Bancaire, Financiere et des Assurances (CBFA)
Commission broker
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF)
Commission house
Commission-only compensation
Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB)
Commitment
Committee of European Banking Supervisors
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (CUSIP)
Commodities Exchange Center (CEC)
Commodity
Commodity Bundle
Commodity Channel Index
Commodity futures contract
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Commodity indices
Commodity paper
Commodity Research Bureau
Commodity Trading Advisor
Commodity-backed bond
Common code
Common factor
Common market
Common shares
Common stock
Common stock equivalent
Common stock fund
Common stock market
Common stock ratios
Common stock/other equity
Common-base-year analysis
Common-size analysis
Common-size statement
Commonwealth Development Corp
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
Comnmunity Bank
Companion bonds
Company
Company doctor
Company-specific risk
Comparative advantage
Comparative credit analysis
Comparative statements
Comparison
Comparison universe
Compensating balance
Compensation
Compensation trade
Compensatory Financing Facility (CFF)
Competence
Competition
Competition ahead
Competitive bidders
Competitive bidding
Competitive offering
Complementary Financing
Complete
Complete capital market
Complete portfolio
Completion
Completion bonding
Completion risk
Completion test
Completion undertaking
Complex system
Complexity Theory
Compliance department
Composite depreciation
Composite tape
Composition
Compound Annual Growth Rate
Compound Annual Return
Compound growth rate
Compound interest
Compound option
Compounding
Compounding frequency
Compounding period
Comprehensive due diligence investigation
Comprehensive Income
Comptroller
Comptroller of the Currency
Computerized market timing system
Concave
Concentration account
Concentration Banks
Concentration services
Concession
Concession agreement
Conditional call
Conditional call options
Conditional sales contracts
Condor
Conduit bond
Conduit theory
Confidence indicator
Confidence letter
Confidence level
Confirmation
Confirmed Letter of Credit
Confirming Bank
Conflict between bondholders and stockholders
Conforming loans
Conglomerate
Conglomerate merger
Consensus forecast
Conservator
Conservatorship
Consignee
Consignment
CONSOB
Consol
Consolidated financial statement
Consolidated mortgage bond
Consolidated Supervised Entities (CSE) Program
Consolidated tape
Consolidated tax return
Consolidation
Consolidation loan
Consortium
Consortium banks
Constant dollar
Constant dollar accounting
Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance
Constant ratio plan
Constant yield method
Constant-dollar plan
Constant-growth model
Construction loan
Constructive receipt
Consular Invoice
Consumer Advisory Council (CAC)
Consumer credit
Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968
Consumer debenture
Consumer durables
Consumer finance company
Consumer goods
Consumer interest
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Consumption tax
Contagion
Contango
Contingency
Contingency graph
Contingency order
Contingent
Contingent claim
Contingent conversion trigger
Contingent convertible capital instruments (Cocos)
Contingent debt
Contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)
Contingent immunization
Contingent order
Contingent pension liability
Contingent Voting Power
Continuous compounding
Continuous net settlement (CNS)
Continuous random variable
Contra broker
Contract
Contract for Difference
Contract month
Contractual Claim
Contractual Intermediary
Contractual plan
Contramarket stock
Contrarian
Contrarian investing
Contributed capital
Contributed surplus
Contribution
Contribution margin
Control
Control Limits
Control parameters
Control person
Control stock
Control-share Acquisition Laws
Controlled commodities
Controlled disbursement
Controlled foreign corporation (CFC)
Controller
Convenience yield
Convention statement
Conventional mortgage
Conventional option
Conventional pass-throughs
Conventional project
Convergence
Conversion
Conversion factors
Conversion feature
Conversion parity
Conversion parity price
Conversion parity/value
Conversion Period
Conversion premium
Conversion price
Conversion ratio
Conversion value
Converted put
Convertibility
Convertible
Convertible 100
Convertible adjustable preferred stock (Caps)
Convertible arbitrage
Convertible arbitrage
Convertible bond
Convertible eurobond
Convertible exchangeable preferred stock
Convertible preferred stock
Convertible price
Convertible security
Convex
Convexity
Cook the books
Cooling-off period
Cooperative
COP
Copenhagen Stock Exchange
Core capital
Core competence
Core inflation
Cornering the market
Corporate acquisition
Corporate bonds
Corporate charter
Corporate equivalent yield
Corporate finance
Corporate financial management
Corporate financial planning
Corporate financing committee
Corporate income fund (CIF)
Corporate processing float
Corporate repurchase
Corporate restructuring
Corporate social responsibility
Corporate tax view
Corporate taxable equivalent
Corporate Trust
Corporation
Corpus
Correction
Correlation
Correlation coefficient
Correlation Dimension
Correlation Integral
Correspondent
Correspondent bank
Cosigner
Cost
Cost accounting
Cost and Freight (CFR)
Cost basis
Cost center
Cost company arrangement
Cost Insurance and Freight (CIF)
Cost of capital
Cost of carry
Cost of equity
Cost of funds
Cost of goods sold
Cost of lease financing
Cost of limited partner capital
Cost of living adjustments
Cost records
Cost Recovery Period
Cost-benefit ratio
Cost-of-carry market
Cost-plus contract
Cost-push inflation
Council of Economic Advisers
Countercyclical stocks
Counterpart items
Counterparties
Counterparty
Counterparty credit risk
Counterparty risk
Counterpurchase
Countertrade
Country allocations
Country beta
Country diversification
Country economic risk
Country financial risk
Country risk
Country selection
Coupon
Coupon bond
Coupon equivalent yield
Coupon pass
Coupon payments
Coupon rate
Coupon-equivalent rate
Covariance
Covenant
Covenant defeasance
Cover
Coverage
Coverage initiated
Coverage ratios
Covered
Covered call
Covered call writing strategy
Covered foreign currency loan
Covered interest arbitrage
Covered Interest Rate Parity
Covered option
Covered or hedge option strategies
Covered position
Covered put
Covered straddle
Covered straddle write
Covered writer
Covering
CPFF
CPI
CPP
CPPI
CPT
CPV
CR
Cram-down deal
Cramdown
Crash
Crawling peg
CRB
CRC
CRE
Credible signal
Credit
Credit analysis
Credit balance
Credit bureau
Credit card
Credit crunch
Credit default swap
Credit derivative
Credit enhancement
Credit history
Credit insurance
Credit linked security
Credit market
Credit period
Credit Policy Delay
Credit quality
Credit rating
Credit Rating Agencies
Credit risk
Credit scoring
Credit spread
Credit Standards
Credit Terms
Credit union
Credit Valuation Adjustments
Credit watch
Crediting rate
Creditor
Creditor's committee
Creditworthiness
Creeping expropriation
Creeping tender offer
CREST
CRI
Crisp Sets
Critical Levels
Cross
Cross hedging
Cross rates
Cross-border bonds
Cross-border factoring
Cross-border risk
Cross-Collateral
Cross-default
Cross-holdings
Cross-sectional analysis
Cross-sectional approach
Cross-Sectional Ratio Analysis
Cross-share holdings
Crossed market
Crossed trade
Crossover rate
Crowd trading
Crowding out
Crown jewel
Crown Law
CSR
CSSF
CTA
CTD
CTP
CU
CUB
Cum dividend
Cum rights
Cumulative abnormal return (CAR)
Cumulative Auction Market Preferred Stocks (CAMPS)
Cumulative dividend feature
Cumulative preferred stock
Cumulative probability distribution
Cumulative total return
Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA) account
Cumulative voting
CUP
Cure
Currency
Currency appreciation
Currency arbitrage
Currency basket
Currency Board
Currency call option
Currency Carry Trade
Currency depreciation
Currency devaluation
Currency diversification
Currency Exchange Risk
Currency future
Currency futures contract
Currency hedge
Currency in circulation
Currency no longer issued
Currency option
Currency overvaluation
Currency put option
Currency revaluation
Currency risk
Currency risk sharing
Currency selection
Currency swap
Current account
Current account balance
Current assets
Current coupon
Current Coupon Bond
Current dollar
Current income
Current income bonds
Current issue
Current liabilities
Current market value
Current maturity
Current order
Current production rate
Current rate method
Current ratio
Current yield
Current-coupon issues
Current/noncurrent method
Cushion
Cushion bonds
Cushion theory
CUSIP
CUSIP number
Custodial fees
Custodian
Custodian bank
Customary payout ratios
Customer's loan consent
Customers' net debit balance
Customized benchmarks
Customs Broker
Customs union
Cut Off Date
Cutoff point
CV
CVA
CVE
CX
CXR
CY
Cycles
Cyclical stock
Cyclical unemployment
CYM
CYP (1)
CYP (2)
CZ
CZE
CZK