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Cease-and-desist Order
Definition: An order issued after notice and opportunity for hearing, requiring a depository institution, a holding company or a depository institution official to terminate unlawful, unsafe or unsound banking practices. Cease-and-desist orders are issued by the appropriate federal regulatory agencies under the Financial Institutions Supervisory Act and can be enforced directly by the courts.
Definition: An order issued after notice and opportunity for hearing, requiring a depository institution, a holding company or a depository institution official to terminate unlawful, unsafe or unsound banking practices. Cease-and-desist orders are issued by the appropriate federal regulatory agencies under the Financial Institutions Supervisory Act and can be enforced directly by the courts.
Cede & Co.
Definition: Nominee name for The Depository Trust Company, a large clearing house that holds shares in its name for banks, brokers and institutions in order to expedite the sale and transfer of stock.
Definition: Nominee name for The Depository Trust Company, a large clearing house that holds shares in its name for banks, brokers and institutions in order to expedite the sale and transfer of stock.
Ceiling
Definition: The highest price, interest rate, or other numerical factor allowable in a financial transaction.
Definition: The highest price, interest rate, or other numerical factor allowable in a financial transaction.
Central Bank
Definition: A country's main bank whose responsibilities include the issue of currency, the administration of monetary policy, open market operations, and engaging in transactions designed to facilitate healthy business interactions. See: Federal Reserve System.
Definition: A country's main bank whose responsibilities include the issue of currency, the administration of monetary policy, open market operations, and engaging in transactions designed to facilitate healthy business interactions. See: Federal Reserve System.
Central Bank Intervention
Definition: The buying or selling of currency, foreign or domestic, by central banks in order to influence market conditions or exchange rate movements.
Definition: The buying or selling of currency, foreign or domestic, by central banks in order to influence market conditions or exchange rate movements.
Central Limit Theorem
Definition: The Law of Large Numbers states that as a sample of independent, identically distributed random numbers approaches infinity, its probability density function approaches the normal distribution. See: Normal Distribution.
Definition: The Law of Large Numbers states that as a sample of independent, identically distributed random numbers approaches infinity, its probability density function approaches the normal distribution. See: Normal Distribution.
Centralized Cash Flow Management
Definition: Provision of consolidated cash management decisions to all MNC units from one location, usually at the parent's headquarters.
Definition: Provision of consolidated cash management decisions to all MNC units from one location, usually at the parent's headquarters.
Cents Per Share
Definition: The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned.
Definition: The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned.
Certainty Equivalent
Definition: An amount that would be accepted today (risk free) in lieu of a chance to receive a possibly higher, but uncertain, amount.
Definition: An amount that would be accepted today (risk free) in lieu of a chance to receive a possibly higher, but uncertain, amount.
Certainty Equivalent Return
Definition: The certain (zero risk) return an investor would trade for a given (larger) return with an associated risk. For example, a particular investor might trade an uncertain expected 4% active return with 6% risk, for a certain active return of 1.5%. Used as a way to incorporate individual investor risk tolerances into financial decisions.
Definition: The certain (zero risk) return an investor would trade for a given (larger) return with an associated risk. For example, a particular investor might trade an uncertain expected 4% active return with 6% risk, for a certain active return of 1.5%. Used as a way to incorporate individual investor risk tolerances into financial decisions.
Certificate
Definition: A formal document used to record a fact and used as proof of the fact, such as stock certificates, that evidence ownership of stock in a corporation.
Definition: A formal document used to record a fact and used as proof of the fact, such as stock certificates, that evidence ownership of stock in a corporation.
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