Consumer Credit Also termed retail credit. Firm’s credit granted to consumers so that they may purchase goods or services. … [Read more...]
Consumer Price Index
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Consumer Price Index A measure of prices of consumer goods and services and of the inflation pace in the U.S. The CPI is published each month by U.S. Department of Labor. … [Read more...]
Contango
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Contango Condition prevailing in the market where futures prices in the later/ distant delivery months are higher. … [Read more...]
Contingent Claim
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Contingent Claim When a specified outcome or more such outcomes occur, the claim that can be made. … [Read more...]
Contingent Immunization
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Contingent Immunization Active investment strategy used with bond portfolio wherein the money manager continues the same investment strategy until unfavorable investments push the present potential return to safety-net return level. An immunization strategy is now needed to be … [Read more...]
Contingent Pension Liability
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Contingent Pension Liability Provisions of ERISA whereby a firm must pay up to 39% of the firm’s net worth to plan participants. … [Read more...]
Contingent Voting Power
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Contingent Voting Power Granting of voting power to preferred shareholders, that occurs when a company fails to fulfill obligations described in the shareholding arrangement. Additional security is offered to holders of preferred instruments. … [Read more...]
Continuous Compounding
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Continuous Compounding Accumulation of time value of money on a recurring or immediate basis forward in time. Interest accrues continuously, is also earned on itself continuously. … [Read more...]
Continuous Random Variable
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Continuous Random Variable Random value capable of assuming any fractional value that is within a specified range, as opposed to a variable that is deemed discrete. … [Read more...]
Contract
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Contract Denotes a trading agreement for a commodity or financial future. Also refers to any agreement between two parties of any transaction. … [Read more...]
Contract Month
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Contract Month Settlement month for a futures contracts when giving or accepting delivery fulfills the contract. … [Read more...]
Contribution Margin
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Contribution Margin Variable revenue minus variable cost. … [Read more...]
Contributory Value
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Contributory Value Term used with real estate to refer to the contribution made by a given component to the overall property value. … [Read more...]
Control
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Control A controlling voting power of 1 vote plus 50% of outstanding votes. … [Read more...]
Controlled Disbursement
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Controlled Disbursement System that is used to present all checks at a single instance every day, usually during the first half. … [Read more...]
Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC)
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Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) Overseas corporation where more than 50% of its voting stock is owned by U.S. citizens with 10% of total voting power being held by each at a minimum. … [Read more...]
Controller
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Controller Corporate manager who handles all accounting activities for a firm. … [Read more...]
Convenience Yield
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Convenience Yield Special benefit derived by a company for holding a commodity now instead of holding a future contract on it. … [Read more...]
Convention Statement
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Convention Statement Yearly statement of life insurance companies issued for every state where business is conducted by it in accordance with applicable regulations. The company’s assets, liabilities, surplus are shown in the statement. … [Read more...]
Conventional Mortgage
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Conventional Mortgage Loans that depend on the borrower’s credit and on the mortgage’s collateral. … [Read more...]
