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Cash Flow Matching
Definition: Also called dedicating a portfolio, this is an alternative to multiperiod immunization that calls for the manager to match the maturity of each element in the liability stream, working backward from the last liability to assure all required cash flows.
Definition: Also called dedicating a portfolio, this is an alternative to multiperiod immunization that calls for the manager to match the maturity of each element in the liability stream, working backward from the last liability to assure all required cash flows.
Cash Flow Per Common Share
Definition: Cash flow from operations minus preferred stock dividends, divided by the number of common shares outstanding.
Definition: Cash flow from operations minus preferred stock dividends, divided by the number of common shares outstanding.
Cash Flow Time Line
Definition: Line depicting the operating activities and cash flows for a firm over a particular period.
Definition: Line depicting the operating activities and cash flows for a firm over a particular period.
Cash In Advance
Definition: A payment term meaning the buyer pays the seller before shipment is effected.
Definition: A payment term meaning the buyer pays the seller before shipment is effected.
Cash In Lieu (CIL)
Definition: In a typical exchange offer, "old" shares of the target company are exchanged for "new shares".
Definition: In a typical exchange offer, "old" shares of the target company are exchanged for "new shares".
Cash Investments
Definition: Short-term debt instrumentssuch as commercial paper, banker's acceptances, and Treasury billsthat mature in less than one year. Also known as money market instruments or cash reserves.
Definition: Short-term debt instrumentssuch as commercial paper, banker's acceptances, and Treasury billsthat mature in less than one year. Also known as money market instruments or cash reserves.
Cash Management
Definition: Refers to the efficient management of cash in a business in order to put the cash to work more quickly and to keep the cash in applications that produce income, such as the use of lock boxes for payments.
Definition: Refers to the efficient management of cash in a business in order to put the cash to work more quickly and to keep the cash in applications that produce income, such as the use of lock boxes for payments.
Cash Management Bill
Definition: Very short-maturity bills that the Treasury occasionally sells because its cash balances are down and it needs money for a few days.
Definition: Very short-maturity bills that the Treasury occasionally sells because its cash balances are down and it needs money for a few days.
Cash Market
Definition:
Definition:
The market for the cash commodity (as contrasted to a futures contract) taking the form of:
(1) an organized, self-regulated central market (e.g., a commodity exchange);
(2) a decentralized over-the-counter market; or
(3) a local organization, such as a grain elevator or meat processor, which provides a market for a small region.
Cash Markets
Definition: Also called spot markets, these are markets that involve the immediate delivery of a security or instrument. Related: Derivative markets.
Definition: Also called spot markets, these are markets that involve the immediate delivery of a security or instrument. Related: Derivative markets.
Cash Offer
Definition: Often used in risk arbitrage. Proposal, either hostile or friendly, to acquire a target company through the payment of cash for the stock of the target. Compare to exchange offer.
Definition: Often used in risk arbitrage. Proposal, either hostile or friendly, to acquire a target company through the payment of cash for the stock of the target. Compare to exchange offer.
Cash On Delivery (COD)
Definition: In the context of securities, this refers to the practice of institutional investors paying the full purchase price for securities in cash.
Definition: In the context of securities, this refers to the practice of institutional investors paying the full purchase price for securities in cash.
Cash Plus Convertible
Definition: Convertible bond that requires cash payment upon conversion.
Definition: Convertible bond that requires cash payment upon conversion.
Cash Position
Definition: The percentage of a mutual fund's assets invested in short-term reserves, such as US Treasury bills or other money market instruments.
Definition: The percentage of a mutual fund's assets invested in short-term reserves, such as US Treasury bills or other money market instruments.
Cash Sale/settlement
Definition: Transaction in which a contract is settled on the same day as the trade date, or the next day if the trade occurs after 2:30 p.m. EST and the parties agree to this procedure. Often occurs because a party is strapped for cash and cannot wait until the regular three-business day settlement. See: Settlement date.
Definition: Transaction in which a contract is settled on the same day as the trade date, or the next day if the trade occurs after 2:30 p.m. EST and the parties agree to this procedure. Often occurs because a party is strapped for cash and cannot wait until the regular three-business day settlement. See: Settlement date.
Cash Settlement
Definition: The process by which the terms of an option contract are fulfilled through the payment or receipt in dollars of the amount by which the option is in-the-money as opposed to delivering or receiving the underlying stock.
Definition: The process by which the terms of an option contract are fulfilled through the payment or receipt in dollars of the amount by which the option is in-the-money as opposed to delivering or receiving the underlying stock.
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