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Cable

GBP/USD currency pair

CAC

CAC40 is the major stock index in France. It is a weighted index comprising of 40 companies based on market capitalization.

Capital Adequacy Ratio

It is a measure of a bank's ability to absorb losses.

CBOT = Chicago Board of Trade

The world's oldest futures and options exchange.

CDO = Collateralized Debt Obligation

An investment-grade security backed by a pool of bonds , loans and other assets.

CDS = Credit Default Swap

Insurance against a borrower defaulting on a loan.

Channel

In charting, a price channel contains prices throughout a trend. There are 3 basic ways to draw channels: parallel, rounded and channels that connect lows or highs.

Classical Enocomics

One of the oldest theories that imply free markets and competition will provide a healthy business cycle. They believe that government intervention should be minimal, and markets should operate independently without the intervention of governments.

Clearing House

A firm that guarantees the performance of the parties in an exchange traded derivatives transaction.

CLO = Collateral Loan Obligation

It is a SPC which is similar to CMO's, however CLO's are securitised payments formed on a variety of different tranches.

CME = Chicago Mercantile Exchange

One of the major exchanges in the world.

CFTC = Commodity Futures Trading Commission

A commission that oversees the commodity exchanges in the US.

Comparative Relative Strength

It compares the strength of a particular stock relative to its competitors, its industry or the whole stock market.

Completeness

A market in which all contingent claims can be replicated is said to be complete. In a complete market an option has a unique price, which can be determined by finding the cost of setting up and maintaining, its replicating portfolio. In a complete market there are no possibilities of making a risk-free profit in excess of the risk-free interest rate, known as arbitrage opportunities.

Congestion Phase

a phase that follows an advance or decline in which prices trade within a narrow range. It means a trendless period.

Consolidation

A pause to refresh after a strong move.

Contango

Where futures contracts with nearer expirations have a lower price than those with expirations further away.

Convertible Bond

A convertible note is a bond that the holder can convert into shares of common stock in the issuing company or cash of equal value.

Corporate Bond = A bond issue by a corporation to raise money in order to expand its business.

Cost of Carry

The storage costs plus the costs of financing an asset minus the income earned on the assets.

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