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Category: C

COMPANY RISK

The risk that occurs due to the operation process due to both internal and external factors. The risks must be covered by the investors.

COMPARISON SHOPPING

Comparing prices before shopping to get the best price. It is done on many big ticket items.

COMPENSATORY TRADE

Selling between two countries that doesn’t involve money but goods. AKA countertrade.

COMPETITIVE STRATEGY

A plan to help a company get the competitive edge against their rival. Its a long term strategy used to discredit the other firm.

COMPLETE SHIPMENT

A shipment tht is sent by a beneficiary of a L/C to fulfill its requirements.

COMPLEX STRUCTURED PRODUCT

A CAPITAL MARKETS financing instrument, such as a BOND or NOTE, that contains embedded COMPLEX OPTIONS or COMPLEX SWAPS that alter RISK and return/YIELD characteristics in unique ways. Since complex structured products

COMPOSITE COST OF CAPITAL

The difference between the returned earned on an investment and the one that wasn’t chosen. AKA data compression.

COMPOUNDING

Estimatig future value by adding compoud interest rates.

COMPRESSION

1. forces that cursh a material squeezing it. 2. combining two or more departments in one. 3. AKA data compression.

CONDENSED

A narrow version of a font that lets more letters fit in the space.

CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION

The document filed in a state or country the condo is in. It establishes the project and airspace by ownership.

CONFIRMING HOUSE

A firm that acts as an agent in the exporter’s country for an importer. It pays the invoice eliminating credit risk.

CONGLOMERATE MERGER

A MERGER between companies from unrelated sectors. Conglomerate mergers, which were popular during the 1960s and 1970s, have been relatively rare since many unsuccessful deals were dismantled in the 1980s. Academic and

CONSTANT PAYMENT LOAN

A loan that while it is paid off a large amount comes off the balance. Much of many payments go towards interest alone.

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