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CPI




CPI

A measure of inflation.

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Inflation
A rise in the general level of prices, and an increase in the money supply.



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Covered option
Option position that is offset by an equal and opposite position in the underlying security.

Covered position
Use of an option in a trading strategy in the underlying asset which is already owned.

Covered put
A put option position in which the option writer also is short the corresponding stock or has deposited, in a cash account, cash or cash equivalents equal to the exercise price of the option.

Covered straddle
An option strategy in which one call and one put with the same strike price and expiration are written against 100 shares of the underlying stock.

Covered writer
An investor who writes options only on stock that he or she owns, so that option premiums may be collected.

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Crash
Dramatic loss in market value. The last great crash was in 1929. Some refer to October 1987 as a crash but the market return for the entire year of 1987 was positive.

Creator
An offshore company which, because of ownership or voting control of U.S. persons, is treated by the IRS as a U.S. tax reporting entity. IRC 951 and 957 collectively define the CFC as one in which a U.S. person owns 10 percent or more of a foreign corporation or in which 50 percent or more of the total voting stock is owned by U.S. shareholders collectively or 10 percent or more of the voting control is owned by U.S. persons.

Credit
Money loaned.

Credit analysis
Evaluating information on companies and bond issues in order to estimate the ability of the issuer to live up to its future contractual obligations.

Credit balance
The surplus in a cash account with a broker after purchases have been paid for, plus the extra cash from the sale of securities.

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