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COB – Close of Business. COC – Cost of Credit [2] or Cost of Capital [3] COD – Cost of Debt [4] or Cash on Delivery. COE – Center of Excellence or Cost of Equity [5] COGS – Cost of Goods Sold. Corp. – Corporation. COO – Chief Operating Officer. CPA – Certified Public Accountant. CPI – Consumer Price Index.
Stochastic. Stochastic ( / stəˈkæstɪk /; from Ancient Greek στόχος (stókhos) 'aim, guess') [1] refers to the property of being well-described by a random probability distribution. [1] Although stochasticity and randomness are distinct in that the former refers to a modeling approach and the latter refers to phenomena themselves ...
Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. [a] It is related to but distinct from economics, which is the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. [b] Based on the scope of financial activities in financial systems, the discipline can be divided into personal, corporate, and ...
Royalty payment. A royalty payment is a payment made by one party to another that owns a particular asset, for the right to ongoing use of that asset. Royalties are typically agreed upon as a percentage of gross or net revenues derived from the use of an asset or a fixed price per unit sold of an item of such, but there are also other modes and ...
A plug, also known as reconciling amount, is an unsupported adjustment to an accounting record or general ledger. [1] Ideally, bookkeeping should account for all numbers during reconciliation, i.e. when comparing two sets of accounting records to make sure they are in agreement. However, discrepancies, i.e. unintentional accounting errors can ...
Underweight (stock market) In financial markets, underweight is a term used when rating stock by a financial analyst. A rating system may be three-tiered: " overweight ," equal weight, and underweight, or five-tiered: buy, overweight, hold, underweight, and sell. Also used are outperform, neutral, underperform, and buy, accumulate, hold, reduce ...
Carry (investment) The carry of an asset is the return obtained from holding it (if positive), or the cost of holding it (if negative) (see also Cost of carry ). [1] For instance, commodities are usually negative carry assets, as they incur storage costs or may suffer from depreciation. (Imagine corn or wheat sitting in a silo somewhere, not ...
360 deal. In the music industry, a 360 deal (from 360° deal) is a business relationship between an artist and a music company. The company agrees to provide financial and other support for the artist, including direct advances as well as support in marketing, promotion, touring and other areas. In return, the artist agrees to give the company ...