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...]
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Credit Spread
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Credit Spread Refer: Quality spread. Value of sold derivative less value of purchased derivative. … [Read more...]
Crediting rate
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Crediting rate Rate of interest offered on an insurance policy that doubles as investment. … [Read more...]
Cross Default
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Cross Default Arrangement wherein default occurring on one debt obligation prompts default on another. … [Read more...]
Cross Hedging
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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
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Cross Holdings Shares belonging to one firm held by another corporation. … [Read more...]
Cross Rates
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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...]
Cross-Border Risk
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Cross-Border Risk Denotes the return volatility in worldwide investments arising from events related to one particular country as compared with events related only to a specific financial or economic agent. … [Read more...]
Cross Border Financing
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Cross Border Financing Financing arrangements that cross national borders. For example, cross border loans, LOCs, bankers acceptances issued in the U.S. for someone in China. … [Read more...]
Cross-Sectional Approach
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Cross-Sectional Approach Method used in statistics that is applied at a specific time over a group of firms. … [Read more...]
Crossover Rate
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Crossover Rate Level of return where two alternative projects carry the same NPV. … [Read more...]
Crown Jewel
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Crown Jewel Asset or unit of a company that has a particularly high or significant value. … [Read more...]
Cum Dividend
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Cum Dividend With dividend. Describes stocks whose owner is entitled to dividend. … [Read more...]
Cum Rights
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Cum Rights With rights. Describes shares with rights attached. … [Read more...]
Cumulative Abnormal Return (CAR)
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Cumulative Abnormal Return (CAR) Total of the difference that is seen between the return expected on stock and actual return generated owing to news released to marketplace. … [Read more...]
Cumulative Dividend Feature
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Cumulative Dividend Feature Stipulation that dividends owed on preferred stock that are missed must be paid in full prior to dividend payments made to common share holders. … [Read more...]
Cumulative Preferred Stock
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Cumulative Preferred Stock Also see: non-cumulative preferred stock. Stock of the preferred variety, wherein dividends accrue, if dividend payouts are not made on time by the issuer. … [Read more...]
Cumulative Probability Distribution
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Cumulative Probability Distribution Function demonstrating the possibility/ probability that a random variable will take on values lower or equal to every value that it can possibly attain. … [Read more...]
Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA) Account
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Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA) Account Term used with translated balance sheets. The CTA is a FASB No. 52 rule requirement. The profits and/or losses arising from translation are cumulatively accounted for a period of years in such a balance sheet. … [Read more...]
