Contango is a trading term used to refer to a situation where the price of a future for a specific asset is higher than the expected spot price at the time of the expiration of the future. F...
Contagion is the term used in economics to describe the situation where financial instability in one sector or economy can spread to a different sector or economy. The term comes from the study of con...
The most common way to value a company is through the use of comparable analysis. This method attempts to find a group of companies which are comparable to the target company and to work out a va...
Common Stock is a security issued by a company and it represents partial ownership of that company. The holder has voting rights over corporate strategy and election of the board of directors.In the e...
A commodity is any good that is identical (or very similar) from any producer, i.e. producers have to compete on price. They are usually used in production of other goods or services.The most common t...
A commercial bank is one which operates the more traditional model of banking. Some of the roles of a commercial bank are:Provide a savings account for customers to safely store their moneyO...
CDO stands for Collateralized Debt Obligation and it involves the pooling of debt to reduce risk and raise returns. CDOs have been widely blamed for the 2008 financial crisis, but most ...
Collateral Value is the market value of anything used as collateral to support a loan. This can create issues with margin requirements; if the asset begins to lose value the borrower would need to sup...
Collateral is any asset which is used as backing for debt. In the event of a default on the debt, the collateral is seized to cover the losses. The most common example of collateral is in a mortgage, ...
Close refers to the price at which a security ended a period of trading, as well as the end of a period of trading for an overall market. Two examples of how the word close would be use...