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Chair Of The Board
Definition: Highest-ranking member of a Board of Directors, who presides over its meetings and who is often the most powerful officer of a corporation.
Definition: Highest-ranking member of a Board of Directors, who presides over its meetings and who is often the most powerful officer of a corporation.
Changer
Definition: Formerly, a clearing member of both the Mid-America Commodity Exchange (MidAm) and another futures exchange who, for a fee, would assume the opposite side of a transaction on MidAm by taking a spread position between MidAm and the other futures exchange that traded an identical, but larger, contract. Through this service, the changer provided liquidity for MidAm and an economical mechanism for arbitrage between the two markets. MidAm was a subsidiary of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). MidAm was closed by the CBOT in 2003 after all MidAm contracts were delisted on MidAm and relisted on the CBOT as Mini contracts. The CBOT still uses changers for former MidAm contracts that are traded on an open outcry platform.
Definition: Formerly, a clearing member of both the Mid-America Commodity Exchange (MidAm) and another futures exchange who, for a fee, would assume the opposite side of a transaction on MidAm by taking a spread position between MidAm and the other futures exchange that traded an identical, but larger, contract. Through this service, the changer provided liquidity for MidAm and an economical mechanism for arbitrage between the two markets. MidAm was a subsidiary of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). MidAm was closed by the CBOT in 2003 after all MidAm contracts were delisted on MidAm and relisted on the CBOT as Mini contracts. The CBOT still uses changers for former MidAm contracts that are traded on an open outcry platform.
Changes In Financial Position
Definition: Sources and uses of funds provided from operations that alter a company's cash flow position: depreciation, deferred taxes, other sources, and capital expenditures.
Definition: Sources and uses of funds provided from operations that alter a company's cash flow position: depreciation, deferred taxes, other sources, and capital expenditures.
Chaos
Definition: A deterministic non-linear dynamic system that can produce random looking results. A chaotic system must have a fractal dimension, and exhibit sensitive dependence on initial conditions. See: Fractal Dimension, Lyapunov Exponent, Strange Attractor.
Definition: A deterministic non-linear dynamic system that can produce random looking results. A chaotic system must have a fractal dimension, and exhibit sensitive dependence on initial conditions. See: Fractal Dimension, Lyapunov Exponent, Strange Attractor.
Chapter 11 Proceedings
Definition: Provisions of the Bankruptcy Reform Act under which the debtor firm is reorganized by a court because the estimated value of the reorganized firm exceeds the expected proceeds from its liquidation.
Definition: Provisions of the Bankruptcy Reform Act under which the debtor firm is reorganized by a court because the estimated value of the reorganized firm exceeds the expected proceeds from its liquidation.
Chapter 7 Proceedings
Definition: Provisions of the Bankruptcy Reform Act under which the debtor firm's assets are liquidated by a court because reorganization would fail to establish a profitable business.
Definition: Provisions of the Bankruptcy Reform Act under which the debtor firm's assets are liquidated by a court because reorganization would fail to establish a profitable business.
Characteristic Line
Definition: The market model applied to a single security; a regression of security returns on the benchmark return. The slope of the regression line is a security's beta.
Definition: The market model applied to a single security; a regression of security returns on the benchmark return. The slope of the regression line is a security's beta.
Characteristic Portfolio
Definition: A portfolio which efficiently represents a particular asset characteristic. For a given characteristic, it is the minimum risk portfolio, with portfolio characteristic equal to 1. For example, the characteristic portfolio of asset betas is the benchmark. It is the minimum risk beta = 1 portfolio.
Definition: A portfolio which efficiently represents a particular asset characteristic. For a given characteristic, it is the minimum risk portfolio, with portfolio characteristic equal to 1. For example, the characteristic portfolio of asset betas is the benchmark. It is the minimum risk beta = 1 portfolio.
Charge
Definition: The document evidencing mortgage security required by Crown Law (law derived from English law). A Fixed Charge refers to a defined set of assets and is usually registered. A Floating Charge refers to other assets which change from time to time (ie. cash, inventory, etc.), which become a Fixed Charge after a default.
Definition: The document evidencing mortgage security required by Crown Law (law derived from English law). A Fixed Charge refers to a defined set of assets and is usually registered. A Floating Charge refers to other assets which change from time to time (ie. cash, inventory, etc.), which become a Fixed Charge after a default.
Charge-off
Definition: A book value amount that was expensed as a loss before receivership and that continues to be a legal obligation of the borrower to the institution. A charge-off is technically an off-book memorandum accounting item that represents the book value of an asset that the bank or thrift previously wrote off.
Definition: A book value amount that was expensed as a loss before receivership and that continues to be a legal obligation of the borrower to the institution. A charge-off is technically an off-book memorandum accounting item that represents the book value of an asset that the bank or thrift previously wrote off.
Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust
Definition: A type of charitable remainder trust requiring a specified amount be paid from the trust to the non-charitable income beneficiaries at least annually.
Definition: A type of charitable remainder trust requiring a specified amount be paid from the trust to the non-charitable income beneficiaries at least annually.
Charitable Remainder Trust
Definition: An irrevocable trust that pays income to a designated person or persons until the grantor's death, when the income is passed on to a designated charity. A charitable lead trust by contrast allows the charity to receive income during the grantor's life, and the remaining income to pass to designated family members upon the grantor's death.
Definition: An irrevocable trust that pays income to a designated person or persons until the grantor's death, when the income is passed on to a designated charity. A charitable lead trust by contrast allows the charity to receive income during the grantor's life, and the remaining income to pass to designated family members upon the grantor's death.
Charitable Remainder Unitrust
Definition: A type of charitable remainder trust requiring payments that are based on a fixed percentage of the net fair market value of the trust's assets be made from the trust to the non-charitable beneficiaries at least annually. Also see charitable remainder trust.
Definition: A type of charitable remainder trust requiring payments that are based on a fixed percentage of the net fair market value of the trust's assets be made from the trust to the non-charitable beneficiaries at least annually. Also see charitable remainder trust.
Charter Amendment Limitations
Definition: These provisions limit shareholders' ability to amend the governing documents of the corporation. This might take the form of a supermajority vote requirement for charter or bylaw amendments, total elimination of the ability of shareholders to amend the bylaws, or the ability of directors beyond the provisions of state law to amend the bylaws without shareholder approval.
Definition: These provisions limit shareholders' ability to amend the governing documents of the corporation. This might take the form of a supermajority vote requirement for charter or bylaw amendments, total elimination of the ability of shareholders to amend the bylaws, or the ability of directors beyond the provisions of state law to amend the bylaws without shareholder approval.
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Definition: An experienced financial analyst who has passed examinations in economics, financial accounting, portfolio management, security analysis, and standards of conduct given by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts.
Definition: An experienced financial analyst who has passed examinations in economics, financial accounting, portfolio management, security analysis, and standards of conduct given by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts.
Chartering Authority
Definition: A state or federal agency that grants charters to new depository institutions. For state chartered institutions, the chartering authority is usually the state banking department; for national banks, it is the OCC; and for federal savings institutions, it is the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS).
Definition: A state or federal agency that grants charters to new depository institutions. For state chartered institutions, the chartering authority is usually the state banking department; for national banks, it is the OCC; and for federal savings institutions, it is the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS).
Charting
Definition: The use of graphs and charts in the technical analysis of futures markets to plot trends of price movements, average movements of price, volume of trading, and open interest.
Definition: The use of graphs and charts in the technical analysis of futures markets to plot trends of price movements, average movements of price, volume of trading, and open interest.
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