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• • Credit score
  • Credit scores are based on information in your credit reports about your credit behavior such as your ability to repay a loan on time.
• • Capital adequacy ratio
  • The capital adequacy ratio measures a bank's ability to meet its obligations.
• • Commission
  • Commissions are fees charged by brokers or investment advisors to investors in order to provide investment advice or manage transactions and stock sales.
• • Cash Flow Statement
  • Cash flow statements show how cash entered and exited a company during an accounting period.
• • Coupon
  • A coupon is the interest payment received by a bondholder from the date of issuance until the maturity date.
• • Capital Market
  • A capital market is a financial market where investors and traders trade stocks, bonds, currencies, and other assets.
• • CAGR
  • The compound annual Growth Rate is the mean annual growth rate of an investment over a longer period.
• • Compound Interest
  • It is interest that accumulates from a principal and previous interest accumulated over time.
• • Capital Budgeting
  • The capital budgeting process evaluates potential major projects and investments for a business.
• • Capital gains tax
  • It is the tax that is levied on the profit that an investor makes when an investment is sold.
• • Corpus
  • Corpus refers to the total money invested in a particular scheme by all investors.
• • Capital Structure
  • Capital structure refers to the combination of debt and equity used by a company to finance its overall operations and growth.
• • Certificate of Deposit
  • The term certificate deposit refers to a savings product with interest earned on a lump sum amount for a set period.
• • Commercial paper
  • A commercial paper is an unsecured promissory note that pays a fixed rate of interest.
• • Compounding
  • Compounding means an increase in the value of an asset due to the interest earned on both a principal and interest.
• • Credit Rating
  • Credit rating is the opinion of a credit agency regarding the ability and willingness of an entity to fulfill its financial obligations.
• • Custodian
  • A custodian is a financial institution that holds customers’ securities for safekeeping to prevent them from being stolen and lost.
• • Capitalization
  • It refers to raising funds for the business by selling equity or debt instruments.
• • Corporate bond
  • It is a debt issued by a company to raise capital.
• • Call Money
  • Call money means borrowing or lending funds for 1 day.
• • Credit Risk
  • In finance, credit risk refers to the likelihood that a borrower will fail to repay a loan.
• • Convexity
  • Convexity shows how the bond duration changes as the interest rate changes.
• • Capital Asset Pricing Model
  • It is a financial model that calculates the expected rate of return for an investment.
• • Cost of Equity
  • The cost of equity refers to the rate of return expected on an investment funded with equity.
• • Collateral security
  • An additional security provided for a credit facility is called collateral security.
• • Cost of debt
  • It is the total interest expense owned on a debt.
• • Convertible bond
  • Convertible bonds refer to fixed-income securities that can be converted into common shares.
• • Cash ratio
  • A cash ratio determines a company's liquidity level by comparing cash or other assets to current liabilities.
• • Common stock
  • It is the class of stock that represents equity ownership in a company.
• • Cash account
  • It refers to a ledger account that tracks cash inflows and outflows for a business.
• • Capital markets line
  • It is the graphical representation of an asset’s risk and return relationship in the capital market.
• • Cash Equivalents
  • These are securities that are meant for short-term investing.
• • Callable bond
  • Callable bonds can be redeemed or repaid before maturity by the issuer.
• • Capitalization rate
  • The capitalization rate is a metric used to calculate the return on investment of real estate.
• • Credit spread
  • A credit spread is the difference between the yields of two debt securities with the same maturity but different credit quality.
• • Capital loss
  • A capital loss occurs when the value of a capital asset decreases.
• • Consumer credit
  • Consumer credit refers to debt taken on by individuals for the purpose of purchasing goods and services.
• • Cut-off time (Mutual Fund)
  • The cut-off time refers to the specific time at which the mutual fund company determines the net asset value (NAV) of the fund for that business day.
• • Carry trade
  • Carry trades involve borrowing at a low-interest rate and investing in assets that provide a higher return.
• • Close-ended schemes
  • In a closed-ended scheme, your investment is locked in for a specified period of time.
• • Capital growth
  • Capital growth is an increase in the value of investment over time.
• • Closing price
  • A closing price is the last price at which a security is traded during a regular trading day.
• • Capital gains distribution
  • Capital gains distribution is the payment by a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF) of a portion of the profits from the fund's sales of stocks and other assets.
• • Closing NAV
  • The closing NAV of a mutual fund is the per-unit market value calculated at the end of the trading day
• • Cost of Churning
  • Churning involves frequently buying and selling mutual fund units within a short period of time to generate short-term profits.