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C: Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock descriptor specifying that issue is exempt from Nasdaq listing requirements for a temporary period.
C Corporation: A corporation that elects to be taxed as a corporation. The C corporation pays federal and state income taxes on earnings. When the earnings are distributed to the shareholders as dividends, this income is subject to another round of taxation (shareholder's income). Essentially, the C corporations' earnings are taxed twice. In contrast, the s_corporation earnings are taxed only once.
CA: The ISO 3166 country code for CANADA.
Cabinet crowd: NYSE members who trade bonds with a low daily traded volume. See: Automated Bond System.
Cabinet security: A stock or bond listed on a major exchange with low daily traded volume.
Cable: Exchange rate between British pound sterling and the U.S. dollar.
CAC 40 index: A broad-based index of common_stock composed of 40 of the 100 largest companies listed on the forward segment of the official list of the Paris Bourse.
CAD: The ISO 4217 currency code for Canada Dollar.
CADS: See Cash Available for Debt Service.
Cage: A section of a brokerage firm used for receiving and disbursing funds.
CAGR: See Also: Compound Annual Growth Rate
Calendar: List of new issues scheduled to come to market shortly.
Calendar effect: Describes the tendency of stocks to perform differently at different times. For example, a number of researchers have documented that historically, returns tend to be higher in January compared to other months (especially February). Others have documented returns patterns across days of the week and within the day. Some of these patterns are found in volume and volatility as well as returns.
Calendar spread: Applies to derivative products. A strategy in which there is a simultaneous purchase and sale of options of the same class at the same strike_price, but with different expiration date.
Calendar Straddle or Combination: See Calendar Spread.
Call: An option that gives the holder the right to buy the underlying asset.
Call an option: To exercise a call option.
Call date: A date before maturity, specified at issuance, when the issuer of a bond may retire part of the bond for a specified call price.
Call feature: Part of the indenture agreement between the bond issuer and buyer describing the schedule and price of redemptions prior to maturity.
Call loan: A loan repayable on demand. Sometimes used as a synonym for broker loan or broker overnight loan.
Call loan rate: See Also: Call money rate
Call money rate: Also called the broker loan rate , the interest rate that banks charge brokers to finance margin loans to investors. The broker charges the investor the call_money_rate a service charge.
Call option: An option contract that gives its holder the right (but not the obligation) to purchase a specified number of shares of the underlying stock at the given strike price, on or before the expiration date of the contract.
Call premium: Premium in price above the par value of a bond or share of preferred stock that must be paid to holders to redeem the bond or share of preferred stock before its scheduled maturity date.
Call price: The price, specified at issuance, at which the issuer of a bond may retire part of the bond at a specified call date.

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