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Commodity Cycle
The long swing in commodity prices driven by the lag between demand changes and the supply response.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationCommodity Transaction Tax
A tax on the sell side of non-agricultural commodity derivative transactions on recognised exchanges.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationComparable Company Analysis
The selection and adjustment of a peer group whose multiples are used to value a target company.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationCompound Annual Growth Rate
The constant annual rate at which a value would have had to grow to move from its starting figure to its ending figure.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementConcentration Risk
The exposure created when a large share of a portfolio sits in one holding, sector or risk factor.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementConditional Value at Risk
The average loss on the occasions when the value-at-risk threshold is exceeded.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceConfirmation 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.