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Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Definition: The officer of a firm responsible for handling the financial affairs of a company.
Definition: The officer of a firm responsible for handling the financial affairs of a company.
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Definition: The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
Definition: The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
Chinese Hedge
Definition: Applies mainly to convertible securities. Trading hedge in which one is short the convertible and long the underlying common, in the hope that the convertible's premium will fall. Antithesis of set-up.
Definition: Applies mainly to convertible securities. Trading hedge in which one is short the convertible and long the underlying common, in the hope that the convertible's premium will fall. Antithesis of set-up.
Chinese Wall
Definition: Communication barrier between financiers at a firm (investment bankers) and traders. This barrier is erected to prevent the sharing of inside information that bankers are likely to have.
Definition: Communication barrier between financiers at a firm (investment bankers) and traders. This barrier is erected to prevent the sharing of inside information that bankers are likely to have.
Choice Market
Definition: Applies mainly to international equities. Locked market in London terminology.
Definition: Applies mainly to international equities. Locked market in London terminology.
Chooser Option
Definition: An exotic option that is transacted in the present, but that at some specified future date is chosen to be either a put or a call option.
Definition: An exotic option that is transacted in the present, but that at some specified future date is chosen to be either a put or a call option.
Churning
Definition: Excessive trading of a client's account in order to increase the broker's commissions.
Definition: Excessive trading of a client's account in order to increase the broker's commissions.
Cincinnati Stock Exchange (CSE)
Definition: Stock exchange based in Cincinnati that is the only fully automated stock exchange in the US. It has no trading floor, but handles all members' transactions using computers.
Definition: Stock exchange based in Cincinnati that is the only fully automated stock exchange in the US. It has no trading floor, but handles all members' transactions using computers.
Circle
Definition: Underwriters, actual or potential, often seek out and "circle" investor interest in a new issue before final pricing. The customer circled has basically made a commitment to purchase the issue if it is available at an agreed-upon price. If the actual price is other than that stipulated, the customer supposedly has first offer at the actual price.
Definition: Underwriters, actual or potential, often seek out and "circle" investor interest in a new issue before final pricing. The customer circled has basically made a commitment to purchase the issue if it is available at an agreed-upon price. If the actual price is other than that stipulated, the customer supposedly has first offer at the actual price.
Circuit Breakers
Definition: Measures instituted by exchanges to stop trading temporarily when the market has fallen by a certain percentage in a specified period. They are intended to prevent a market free fall by permitting buy and sell orders to rebalance.
Definition: Measures instituted by exchanges to stop trading temporarily when the market has fallen by a certain percentage in a specified period. They are intended to prevent a market free fall by permitting buy and sell orders to rebalance.
Circus Swap
Definition: A fixed-rate currency swap against floating US dollar LIBOR payments. An acronym that stands for Combined Interest Rate and CUrrency Swap.
Definition: A fixed-rate currency swap against floating US dollar LIBOR payments. An acronym that stands for Combined Interest Rate and CUrrency Swap.
Citizen Bonds
Definition: Certificateless municipals that can be registered on stock exchanges and are listed in newspapers.
Definition: Certificateless municipals that can be registered on stock exchanges and are listed in newspapers.
Citizen Or Resident Test
Definition: Assuming all other dependency tests are met, the citizen or resident test allows taxpayers to claim a dependency exemption for persons who are U.S. citizens for some part of the year or who live in the United States, Canada, or Mexico for some part of the year.
Definition: Assuming all other dependency tests are met, the citizen or resident test allows taxpayers to claim a dependency exemption for persons who are U.S. citizens for some part of the year or who live in the United States, Canada, or Mexico for some part of the year.
Claim
Definition: An assertion of the indebtedness of a failed institution to a depositor, general creditor, subordinated debtholder, or shareholder.
Definition: An assertion of the indebtedness of a failed institution to a depositor, general creditor, subordinated debtholder, or shareholder.
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