Covered Call Writing Strategy

Covered Call Writing Strategy Refer: covered/ hedge option strategy. Investment strategy that encompasses writing call options on securities owned by the investor. … [Read more...]

Covered Interest Arbitrage

Covered Interest Arbitrage Hedge strategy used by portfolio manager by investing dollars in a foreign currency denominated instrument and hedging the foreign exchange risk with a sale (for dollars) of the proceeds generated by the investment forward. … [Read more...]

Covered or Hedge Option Strategies

Covered or Hedge Option Strategies Refer: naked strategies. An investment strategy that involves taking a position in the option and the underlying stock, to balance unfavorable price movement in one with gains in the other. … [Read more...]

Covered Put

Covered Put Position in a put option where writer of the option also has a short position on the stock. Else the writer may have deposited cash or equivalents matching the option exercise into a cash account. This restricts the risk of the option writer. If option holder exercises … [Read more...]

Cramdown

Cramdown Bankruptcy court’s powers to confirm a reorganization program in spite of objections arising from creditors of some classes. … [Read more...]

Crawling Peg

Crawling Peg Exchange rate revision system that is automatic and works by setting a par value and a given percent within which limits the rate can fluctuate. Regular revision of the par value take place by authorities in accordance with their formula. … [Read more...]

Credible Signal

Credible Signal Indicator or signal that gives accurate information, and can differentiate among originators. … [Read more...]

Credit

Credit Funds/ money given on loan. … [Read more...]

Credit Analysis

Credit Analysis Refer: default risk. Assessment of a company or bond issue to determine the capacity of the issuer to fulfill all payment obligations by analyzing all available information pertaining to it. … [Read more...]

Credit Enhancement

Credit Enhancement Buying an established insurance company’s financial guarantee for the purpose of raising cash. … [Read more...]

Credit Period

Credit Period Time period over which credit is granted to a customer. … [Read more...]

Credit Risk

Credit Risk Refer: default risk. Risk arising from the possibility of default by a borrower or a debt security issuer or from the failure to make payment on negotiable instruments. … [Read more...]

Credit Scoring

Credit Scoring Technique used in statistics where many financial attributes are grouped to create a single score that indicates the creditworthiness of a customer. … [Read more...]

Credit Spread

Credit Spread Refer: Quality spread. Value of sold derivative less value of purchased derivative. … [Read more...]

Crediting rate

Crediting rate Rate of interest offered on an insurance policy that doubles as investment. … [Read more...]

Creditor

Creditor Individual or entity that loans money. … [Read more...]

Cross Default

Cross Default Arrangement wherein default occurring on one debt obligation prompts default on another. … [Read more...]

Cross Hedging

Cross Hedging Hedging technique that involves taking a position on a commodity different from the one underlying the hedged futures contract. … [Read more...]

Cross Holdings

Cross Holdings Shares belonging to one firm held by another corporation. … [Read more...]

Cross Rates

Cross Rates Rate of exchange in force over two currencies represented as a ratio. The ratio uses a third currency to compare the two currency exchange rates. … [Read more...]