Category: C

Contact or exposure to a chemical substance by touching, breathing, eating or drinking. This exposure is usually harmful in nature. Different degrees of danger can result with varying symptoms due to exposure

A mathematical / organizational tool used to determine if data classification can be attributed to an underlying law / standard, repeated progression, or if it is solely existing by chance. This is

A process/structure within a BANK, INVESTMENT BANK, or SECURITIES FIRM that separates groups that call on clients and arrange deals (i.e., bankers) from those that are privy to nonpublic information related to

A person certified as lacking some physical or mental ability essential for living independently. A medical professional or social worker must makes this certification .

1. In the modern Western world, it is one of the two major legal systems; the other is common law. Taken from Roman law, it is used in continental Europe, their former

Freight rate based on similar shipping characteristics for goods grouped and classified as the same.

Data requiring protection from unauthorized disclosure.

A slang term. Denotes how an investment broker guarantees that accumulating quality investments meets the client’s best interests.

MARGIN posted by a CLEARING MEMBER with an EXCHANGE on behalf of clients or proprietary accounts. See also INITIAL MARGIN, VARIATION MARGIN.

1. To complete a deal, discussion, negotiation, or sales presentation. 2. Same meaning as closing price (Definition 2).

A sales message for goods or services limited to a specific consumer group. Example: a hotel’s special offer only to seniors over the age of 65 of a getaway weekend .

Shares owned by a specific few individuals, a family, or a specific small group.

In futures trading, a sale transacted to close out a position.

The shipping of goods or passengers by a ship registered in one country that occurs solely from port to port along the coast of another country. It is typically governed by the

Statistical test of (1) each agreement on events among two or more judges, or (2) of the consistency of two or more sets of rankings posted in a contest. Known also as

Group sharing one or more similar characteristics or sharing a significant experience during a certain period of time. For example, people born in the same year are birth cohorts, or the generation,

1.In General, this is a cooperative agreement of two or more parties to work jointly towards a common goal. The involved parties may or may not have had any previous relationship. 2.

Asset backed security (ABS), structured like a collateralized bond obligation (CBO). Instead of being based on its bonds, it is based on a bank’s or a governmental agency’s portfolio of mortgage loans.

A group of individuals that guarantees a financial commitment, such as repayment of a loan. Each person is jointly and equally liable for honoring the commitment in full. Known also as coguarantor.

Business laws that apply to the making of financial contracts. It is a Uniform Commercial Code that the U.S. uses commonly. It has 9 articles that deal with a different issue of