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Cash




Cash

The value of assets that can be converted into cash immediately, as reported by a company. Usually includes bank accounts and marketable securities, such as government bonds and banker's acceptances.

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Value
The worth or desirability of something expressed as an amount of money.

Cash
The value of assets that can be converted into cash immediately, as reported by a company. Usually includes bank accounts and marketable securities, such as government bonds and banker's acceptances.

Company
A proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or other form of enterprise that engages in business.

Bank
A commercial institution licensed as a receiver of deposits. Banks are mainly concerned with making and receiving payments as well as supplying short-term loans to individuals.

Securities
Saleable papers, traded on stock exchanges, that yield an income (dividend, interest, etc.).

Bonds
Bonds is a main Australian company.



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Carrying broker
A member of a commodity exchange, usually a commission house broker, through whom another broker or customer elects to clear all or part of his trades.

Carrying charge
The fee a broker charges for carrying securities on credit, such as on a margin account. Also, any component of a futures basis, such as storage costs, interest charges or insurance costs on the underlying interest.

Carrying costs
Costs that increase with increases in the level of investment in current assets.

Cartel
A group of businesses or nations that act together as a single producer to obtain market control and to influence prices in their favor by limiting production of a product. The United States has laws prohibiting cartels.

Carve out
Usually occurs when a company decides to IPO one of their subsidiaries or divisions. Also known as equity carve out.

Cash

Cash & carry
Applies to derivative products. Combination of a long position in a stock/index/commodity and short position in the underlying futures, which entails a cost of carry on the long position.

Cash account
A brokerage account that settles transactions on a cash-rather than credit-basis.

Cash and equivalents
The value of assets that can be converted into cash immediately, as reported by a company. Usually includes bank accounts and marketable securities, such as bonds and Banker's Acceptances.

Cash asset ratio
Cash and marketable securities divided by current liabilities.

Cash available for debt service
Ratio of cash assets to debt service (interest plus nearby principal). Used in evaluating the risk of a project or firm.

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