Terms beginning with C

• Cabinet Bid
  A facility enabling holders of deep out-of-the-money options to close their positions at a nominal figure, such as 1/$1 per contract or 1 ce...(Read more)
• CAC 40
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• Cadbury Committee
  A committee chaired by Adrian Cadbury which produced the first Code of Best Practice on corporate governance, in 1992. Its stated objective ...(Read more)
• Cafeteria Employee Benefit Plan
  In the US, a plan enabling employees to choose from a variety of benefits, depending on their own particular circumstances. Young employees ...(Read more)
• CAGR
  Compound annual growth rate....(Read more)
• Calendar Effect
  The theory that certain days of the week, weeks of the month, and months of the year are more likely to produce rises/falls in share prices ...(Read more)
• Calendar Spread
  The sale (purchase) of a near month call option (put option) and the simultaneous purchase (sale) of a longer dated call option (put option)...(Read more)
• Call
  
  1. A demand by a company to shareholders to pay a further instalment on partly paid shares.
  2. A demand by a bank for the f...(Read more)
  3. Call Date
     The date on which a bond may be redeemed by the issuer before maturity that may be at par or at a higher value. The difference is known as t...(Read more)
  4. Call Option
     An option that gives the holder the right but not the obligation to purchase a stated quantity of the underlying instrument (for example sha...(Read more)
  5. Call Payment
     A payment made by investors for new shares. The term would apply to payments made when a company first floats on the stock exchange and also...(Read more)
  6. Call Price
     The price at which a bond or preferred stock can be redeemed by the issuer. The call price will usually be greater than the par value to co...(Read more)
  7. Call Provision
     A provision of a bond or preferred stock issue, listed in its indenture (the formal agreement between the bond issuer and the holder) that a...(Read more)
  8. Call Spread
     The simultaneous purchase (sale) of a call at one exercise price and sale (purchase) of another call at a higher exercise price....(Read more)
  9. Call Warrant
     Warrants which give their owner the right to buy an underlying instrument (e.g. a share), and which would therefore normally be used by an i...(Read more)