Capital Leases are the rented ownership of any form of capital asset (machinery, equipment, factories etc.) that adds value to the company. For accounting purposes, capital leases are included in asse...
Capital Expenditure (also known as CapEx) is the amount a company spends on the acquisition or upgrade of physical, tangible assets such as:PropertyFactoriesEquipmentThe relative amount of Capital Exp...
The Capital Asset Pricing Model, or CAPM, is one of the most commonly used models for calculating the expected return on an asset and is used to price securities.The CAPM requires ...
Capital is a vague term which can refer to one of two things:Factories, machinery, equipment etc. owned by a companyThe value of financial assets such as cash, short-term securities etc.In an economic...
A candlestick is a feature of a price chart which shows the open, close, low and high for an asset over a given time period. They are usually red if the asset closed lower than it opened, and green if...
A call is an option which gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy an asset at a predetermined price within a given time period.An investor would buy a call option on an asset when th...
Calenderization is the accounting process of matching the financial records of 2 companies. All companies have different start/end dates to their financial year so when attempting to compare companies...
The CAC40 is the benchmark index used in France, similar to the NASDAQ or S&P500. It is the market capitalization-weighted measure of the 40 largest stocks on the Euronext Paris exchange....
The C-Level comprises the roles of CEO, COO and CFO. It is the highest possible level within a public corporation. In order to become a C-Level employee, one must have worked at a similar level or at ...
The recent implosion of the global equity markets - from Hong Kong to New York - engendered yet another round of the semipternal debate: should central banks contemplate abrupt adjustments in the pric...