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COMMON ENTERPRISE

When many firms gather through a single goal. It can be shared employees and management, shared profits or loss, or ownership. If they seem to be bonded than it is sometimes assumed.

COMPANY NAME

The legal name of a firm. It is on all the documents and payment that are made to the company. AKA corporate name.

COMPARISON ADVERTISING

A way of advertising that places one product as better than another by comparison. The other brand must be kept anonymous to avoid a law suit. AKA comparative advertising or competitive advertising.

COMPENSATORY FINANCE

A short term loan the IMF advanced by the Compensatory and Contingency Financing Facility. The member can cover shortfall due to an unpredictable circumstance.

COMPETITIVE BID UNDERWRITING

An UNDERWRITING of a NEW ISSUE of securities that is awarded by the issuing company to the UNDERWRITER that proposes the most favorable terms (generally a combination of lowest YIELD, lowest fees,

COMPONENT

A unique part of a system that is needed to do something, perform a function, or finish a product. They can be removed.

COMPOUND OPTION STRATEGY

A package of OPTIONS created to provide unique RISK MANAGEMENT investment, or speculative results that cannot be achieved through simple positions. Common compound strategies include BULL SPREADS, BEAR SPREADS, STRADDLES, STRANGLES, and

COMPRESSED GAS

Gas, or a combination of more than one gas that is stored at an excess of 40 PSI – pounds per square inch – maintaining a temperature of 37.8 degrees Celcius goverened

CONCEPT TEST

A written presentation of an invention given to investors in hopes of convincing them that a product is worthy of their interest. Refer to concept optimization.

CONCRETE

Material used by Romans to make things. Its made up of coars aggregate, fine aggregate, portland cement, and water. Air is also an element used in mixing the ingredients. Steel can be

CONFIRMATION BIAS

Filtering information to suite a preference and reject the rest. Refer to cognitive bias.

CONGLOMERATE BOOM

The time of merger in the late 1960s. Businesses were not able to make it alone so they grouped together. Technology and defense companies inflated the stock value reaching some profit.

CONNECTIVITY

The amount the components are connected to eachother and the speed they can work together.

CONSERVATISM

An idea that supports free enterprise capitalism, traditional ideals, mininal government help, strict law, and gradual change. It started in 1750 and ended in 1850. It is nondoctrinated approach and practical outlook

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