Cash Surrender Value Also termed cash value, surrender value, policyholder's equity. Amount paid by insurance company to policyholder when policy is terminated before maturity voluntarily or the event insured occurs. … [Read more...]
Cash Transaction
Cash Transaction As opposed to forward transactions, a transaction wherein the exchange takes place immediately. … [Read more...]
Cash-Equivalent Items
Cash-Equivalent Items Investments made on temporary basis in short term, low risk instruments like T bills by investing cash that is in excess currently. … [Read more...]
Cash-Surrender Value
Cash-Surrender Value Amount payable by insurance company when a whole life policy is ended by the policyholder. … [Read more...]
Cashout
Cashout State of affairs where company is out of cash and marketable securities cannot be immediately converted to cash by selling them. … [Read more...]
Certainty Equivalent
Certainty Equivalent The quantity of funds that are considered equivalent to an uncertain opportunity of receiving a higher sum. … [Read more...]
Certificate of Deposit (CD)
Certificate of Deposit (CD) Also termed time deposit. A bank or thrift issued certificate that shows a deposit of a specified sum of money. It has a maturity date (normally up to 5 years) and predetermined interest rate. It may be issued in any denomination.e … [Read more...]
Changes in Financial Position
Changes in Financial Position Fund sources that originate from within the company’s operations and that alter its cash flow situation. For example, depreciation, capital expenditure, deferred taxes. … [Read more...]
Chartists
Chartists Related: technical analysts. Individuals who chart trends in stocks, commodities and bonds to advise clients on basis of conclusions drawn. … [Read more...]
Cheapest to Deliver Issue
Cheapest to Deliver Issue Treasury security that has the maximum implied repurchase rate; rate earned by futures contract seller by purchasing the issue and making delivery on the date of settlement. … [Read more...]
Chinese Wall
Chinese Wall Barrier to communication between investment bankers who provide finance and traders, erected to eliminate any leakage of nonpublic information to traders. … [Read more...]
Churning
Churning Method of enhancing trading commissions by brokers by means of carrying out excessive trading in a client's account … [Read more...]
Circle
Circle Designated and potential underwriters "circle" the interest of investors in new issues before the final price is established. Circled customers commit to buy the issue provided it is being sold at a price that is previously agreed upon. If not, a first offer at the selling … [Read more...]
Circus Swap
Circus Swap Currency swap carried out in fixed rate against variable U.S. dollar LIBOR payments. … [Read more...]
Claim Dilution
Claim Dilution A decline in the probability that the claimants of firm will receive claims in full. The time value of money is also taken into account. … [Read more...]
Claimant
Claimant In an implicit or explicit contract, the party who has a claim. … [Read more...]
Clean Opinion
Clean Opinion Opinion given by auditor signifying the unqualified acceptance of the financial statements of a company. … [Read more...]
Clean Price
Clean Price Price of a bond excluding interest accrued on it. … [Read more...]
Clean-Up Requirement
Clean-Up Requirement Requirement stipulated in annually renewable LOCs. Require borrowers to repay outstanding balances on the LOC and stop using it for a specified duration. … [Read more...]
Clear
Clear Trades wherein the seller completes delivery of the commodity or asset or buyer completes the delivery of funds in accordance with the terms are said to clear. … [Read more...]