CAPM Capital Asset Pricing Model

CAPM Capital Asset Pricing Model Theory in economics describing the linkage between risk and return. Used to price risky securities. The model asserts that only systematic risk is priced by rational investors. CAPM states that the rate of zero risk securities plus risk premium … [Read more...]

CARDs

CARDs Stands for Certificates of Amortized Revolving Debt. Credit card receivables backed pass-through securities. … [Read more...]

CARs

CARs Stands for Certificates of Automobile Receivables. Automobile receivables backed pass-through securities. … [Read more...]

CBOE

CBOE Stands for Chicago Board Options Exchange. Securities exchange that enables public trading of option contracts that are standardized. … [Read more...]

CEC- Commodities Exchange Centre

CEC Commodities Exchange Centre Central location of the New York futures exchanges - New York Mercantile exchange (NYMEX), - Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX), - New York futures exchange (NYFE). - New York Cotton Exchange - Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa exchange (CSC) … [Read more...]

CME – Chicago Mercantile Exchange

CME - Chicago Mercantile Exchange Non profit member owned corporation functioning as a central marketplace for futures and options trading. Market information pertaining to these instruments is collected and disseminated, the clearing mechanism is maintained and trading rules are … [Read more...]

CML- Capital Market Line

CML- Capital Market Line Line represented by each combination of the market portfolio and the risk-free asset. … [Read more...]

COBRA- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

COBRA- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act A health plan that allows continuation of health insurance coverage for a year and a half even if the holder quits his job, provided he was actively participating in the company's health plan during employment. … [Read more...]

Cable

Cable Rate of exchange between U.S. dollars and British pounds sterling. … [Read more...]

Calendar

Calendar The new issues expected and scheduled to come into the market soon, presented as a list. … [Read more...]

Calendar Effect

Calendar Effect Differential performance of stocks during different times of the year. For example, month-of-the-year effect, January effect, holiday effect and day-of-the-week effect. … [Read more...]

Call

Call Option giving a right to purchase the futures contract underlying it. … [Read more...]

Call an Option

Call an Option Exercising call option by buying the underlying asset … [Read more...]

Call Date

Call Date A specific date, determined at time of issue, that falls before maturity date, whereupon the bond issuer can retire at a given call price, a portion of the bond. … [Read more...]

Call Market

Call Market Marketplace wherein all transactions occur at predetermined intervals. The bids and asks are grouped and executed in bulk. The number of bid and ask instructions determines the market clearing price. … [Read more...]

Call Premium

Call Premium Price premium over and above bond/ preferred share par value that is required to be paid to holders in case the instruments are to be redeemed prior to date of maturity. … [Read more...]

Call Price

Call Price Price at which a portion of a bond may be retired by the issuer. This price is set during the bond issue. … [Read more...]

Call Protection

Call Protection Special feature with certain callable bonds that specifies the period during which the bonds cannot be called. Typically, this period falls during the initial years. … [Read more...]

Call Price

Call Price Repayment price for a bond under a call provision prior to maturity date. … [Read more...]

Call Provision

Call Provision Bond that comes with an embedded option that gives the holder the right to purchase before maturity, a portion of or the entire issue. … [Read more...]