Terms starting with C
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Confirmation Bias
The tendency to seek and favour information that supports an existing view while discounting information that contradicts it.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationConsensus Estimate
The average of analysts' forecasts for a company's future earnings, revenue or other metric.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingConsolidated Account Statement
A single statement showing an investor's holdings across all mutual funds and demat accounts, linked by PAN.
Financial Statements & AccountingConsolidated Financial Statements
Accounts that combine the parent company and all its subsidiaries as if they were a single economic entity.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsConsolidation
A period in which price moves within a bounded range without establishing a directional sequence.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesConsumer Price Index
An index tracking the price of a fixed basket of goods and services bought by households.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsContango
A condition in which futures prices are above the spot price, and later expiries are priced above nearer ones.
Financial Statements & AccountingContingent Liability
A possible obligation whose existence depends on an uncertain future event, disclosed in the notes rather than recognised on the balance…
Market Basics & InstrumentsContract Note
The legally binding document a broker must issue after each trading day, itemising every trade executed and every charge levied.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsContract Value
The notional value of the underlying that one derivative contract controls.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceContrarian Investing
Deliberately taking positions against prevailing sentiment, on the argument that consensus is already in the price.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeConvertible Bond
A bond that can be exchanged for a fixed number of the issuer's shares at the holder's option.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeConvexity
The curvature in the relationship between a bond's price and its yield, correcting duration's straight-line estimate.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesCore Inflation
Inflation excluding food and fuel, whose prices are volatile and driven largely by supply conditions.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceCorporate Action
Any event initiated by a company that changes its securities or affects its shareholders' holdings.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeCorporate Bond
A debt security issued by a company to borrow from investors rather than from banks.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceCorporate Governance
The system of rules and practices by which a company is directed and held accountable to its shareholders.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesCorrection
A decline of roughly 10% or more from a recent peak, short of the 20% that defines a bear market.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementCorrelation
A measure from -1 to +1 of how closely two assets' returns move together.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationCost of Acquisition
The amount treated as having been paid for an asset, used as the base against which a capital gain is computed.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsCost of Carry
The net cost of holding the underlying until a derivative's expiry, comprising financing cost less any income received.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationCost of Equity
The return shareholders require for bearing the risk of owning a company's shares.
Financial Statements & AccountingCost of Goods Sold
The direct cost of producing the goods or services actually sold during a period, principally materials and direct labour.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementCounterparty Risk
The risk that the other party to a contract fails to perform its obligations.