Counterpart Items

Counterpart Items Term used with balance of payments. Denotes unrequited transfers present in current account arising from adjustment in reserves resulting from allocation/ cancellation of SDRs, gold monetization/ demonetization, reserve component revaluation that are all aspects of … [Read more...]

Counterparties

Counterparties Parties involved in an interest rate swap, swap involving currency, equity or commodity. … [Read more...]

Counterparty

Counterparty Individual/ entity that is the second or opposite party to any transaction, trade, contract. … [Read more...]

Counterparty Risk

Counterparty Risk Risk arising from a possibility that a second party to the contract will fail to fulfill his obligations. With options contracts, the risk undertaken by the holder that the underlying may not be bought or sold by the writer. … [Read more...]

Country Economic Risk

Country Economic Risk Occurrences or happenings in the nation’s economy that may have an impact on the result of international transactions under process. … [Read more...]

Country Basket

Country Basket Derivative securities that are designed to duplicate any international exchange’s major index. … [Read more...]

Country Beta

Country Beta Covariance determined over the economy's rate of return for a nation and the return rate of the worldwide economy divided by world economy’s variance. … [Read more...]

Country Financial Risk

Country Financial Risk An economy’s ability to create enough foreign exchange funds to fulfill payment obligations due toward foreign debt interest and principal. … [Read more...]

Country Risk

Country Risk State of economic and political uncertainty in any nation that impacts the investments or loans value there. … [Read more...]

Country Selection

Country Selection Active management with an international perspective that evaluates the role attributable to investments in worldwide stock markets that are good performers. … [Read more...]

Coupon

Coupon Interest payment paid periodically to bondholders until the maturity date. … [Read more...]

Coupon Equivalent Yield

Coupon Equivalent Yield Actual/ true cost of interest represented as a 365-day year cost. … [Read more...]

Coupon Payments

Coupon Payments Interest payments made on bond. … [Read more...]

Coupon Rate

Coupon Rate Stated or advertised interest rate on notes, bonds, notes and other fixed income securities. It is normally paid twice yearly. … [Read more...]

Covariance

Covariance Measure used in statistical analysis to evaluate the extent of matching movements as seen in random variables. … [Read more...]

Covenants

Covenants Stipulations (affirmative or negative) outlined in bond indentures or preferred stock agreements that describe certain specific actions that must be taken by the issuer or others that must not be taken by the issuer. … [Read more...]

Covenant-Lite Loans

Covenant-Lite Loans Loan with limited restrictions on the borrower’s debt-service capabilities. The debt is issued with fewer restrictions on payment terms, collateral and income levels. … [Read more...]

Cover

Cover Buying a contract to balance/ offset an existing short position on a commodity/ instrument. … [Read more...]

Coverage Ratios

Coverage Ratios A ratio that is used to evaluate the sufficiency of cash flows arising from earnings to meet debt/ lease dues. The fixed charge coverage ratio and interest coverage ratio are included. … [Read more...]

Covered Call

Covered Call A short call option position in which the writer owns the number of shares of the underlying stock represented by the option contracts. Covered calls generally limit the risk the writer takes because the stock does not have to be bought at the market price, if the … [Read more...]