Financial Glossary
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C Corporation
C-Suite
Call
Call Option
Callable Bond
Canceled Check
Candlestick
Cap and Trade
Capacity Utilization Rate
CAPE Ratio
Capital
Capital Account
Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR)
Capital Asset
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Capital Budgeting
Capital Employed
Capital Expenditure
Capital Gain
Capital Gains Tax
Capital Goods
Capital Improvement
Capital Investment
Capital IQ
Capital Leases
Capital Loss Carryover
Capital Market Line (CML)
Capital Markets
Capital Project
Capital Stock
Capital Structure
Capitalism
Capitalization
Capitalization Rate
Capitalization Table
Capitalize
Capitalized Cost
Capitalized Interest
Capitulation
Carbon Credit
Carding
Carriage and Insurance Paid to (CIP): Definition and Example
Carried Interest
Carve-Out
Cash Accounting
Cash Advance
Cash-and-Carry-Arbitrage
Cash and Cash Equivalents (CCE)
Cash Back
Cash Balance Pension Plan
Cash Budget
Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC)
Cash Cow
Cash Dividend
Cash Equivalents
Cash Flow
Cash Flow from Financing Activities (CFF)
Cash Flow from Investing Activities
Cash Flow from Operating Activities (CFO)
Cash Flow Statement
Cash Management
Cash-on-Cash Return
Cash on Delivery (COD)
Cash-Out Refinance
Cash Ratio
Cash Surrender Value
Cash Value Life Insurance
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA): What It Was
Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware): What It Is, and What Replaced It
Central Counterparty Clearing House (CCP)
Central Limit Theorem (CLT)
Centrally Planned Economy
Certainty Equivalent
Certificate of Deposit (CD)
Certificate of Insurance (COI)
Certificate of Origin (CO)
Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Ceteris Paribus
Chairman
Channel Stuffing
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Chart of Accounts (COA)
Chartered Accountant (CA)
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC)
Chattel Mortgage
Cheapest to Deliver (CTD): Definition and Calculation Formula
Check
Checking Account
Checks and Balances
Chi Square Statistic
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Child Tax Credit
Chinese Wall
Churn Rate
Churning
Circular Flow Of Income
Classical Economics
Clawback
Clayton Antitrust Act
Clearing
Clearing House
Close Position
Closed Economy
Closed-End Fund
Cloud Computing
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
Coase Theorem
Code of Ethics
Coefficient of Determination
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
CoInsurance
Collar
Collateral
Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO)
Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO)
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)
Collection Agency
Collusion
Combined Loan-To-Value Ratio (CLTV Ratio)
Combined Ratio
Command Economy
Commerce
Commercial
Commercial Bank
Commercial Loan
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security (CMBS)
Commercial Paper
Commercial Real Estate
Commercialization
Commingled Fund
Commission
Commodity
Commodity Futures Contract
Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA)
Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1)
Common Law
Common Size Financial Statement
Common Size Income Statement
Common Stock
Communism
What Is the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)? Definition
Comparable Company Analysis (CCA)
Comparative Advantage
Comparative Market Analysis
Compensatory Damages
Competitive Intelligence
Competitive Advantage
Complement
Compliance Officer
Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
Compound Interest
Compounding
Comprehensive Income
Comps
Conditional Probability
Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR)
Confidence Interval
Conflict of Interest
Conflict Theory
Conglomerate
Consignment
Consolidate
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Consolidation
Construction Loan: Definition, How It Works, and Example
Consumer Credit
Consumer Discretionary
Consumer Goods
Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Consumer Surplus
Consumer Staples
Consumerism
Consumption Function: Formula, Assumptions, and Implications
Contango
Contingency
Contingent Asset
Contingent Beneficiary
Contingent Convertible
Contingent Liability
Contingent Value Rights (CVR)
Continuous Compounding
Contra Account
Contract For Differences (CFD)
Contractionary Policy
Contrarian
Contributed Capital
Contribution Margin
Controller
Conventional Mortgage
Convertible Bond
Convertible Preferred Stock
Convexity
Cook the Books
Copyright
Core Competencies
Corporate Bond
Corporate Charter
Corporate Citizenship
Corporate Culture
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Corporate Hierarchy
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Corporate Tax
Corporation
Correction
Correlation
Correlation Coefficient
Correspondent Bank
Cost Accounting
Cost and Freight (CFR)
Cost Basis
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Cost of Capital
Cost Control
Cost of Debt
Cost of Equity
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF)
Cost of Labor
Cost of Living
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA)
Cost of Revenue
Cost Per Click (CPC)
Cost Per Thousand (CPM)
Cost-Plus Contract
Cost-Push
Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP)
Cottage Industry
Counteroffer
Counterparty
Counterparty Risk
Countertrade
Coupon Rate
Covariance
Covenant
Cover Letter
Coverage Ratio
Covered Call
Covered Interest Rate Parity
Creative Destruction
Credit
Credit Analyst
Credit Bureau
Credit Card
Credit Card Balance
Credit Card Dump
Credit Default Swap (CDS)
Credit Facility
Credit Limit
Credit Linked Note (CLN)
Credit Rating
Credit Report
Credit Risk
Credit Score
Credit Spread
Credit Union
Creditor
Creditworthiness
Cross Culture
Cross Elasticity of Demand
Cross-Sell
Crowdfunding
Crowding Out Effect
Crude Oil
Crypto Token
Cryptocurrency Explained With Pros and Cons for Investment
Cum Dividend
Cum Laude
Cup and Handle Pattern: How to Trade and Target with an Example
Currency
Currency Carry Trade
Currency Exchange
Currency Peg
Currency Swap
Current Account
Current Account Deficit
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
Current Ratio
Current Yield
CUSIP Number
Custodial Account
Custodian
Customer
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Customer Service
Customer to Customer (C2C)
Cyclical Industry
Cyclical Stocks
Cyclical Unemployment
