Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) - The officer of a firm responsible for handling the financial affairs of...
  
  
• CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER - The corporate executive responsible for corporate communications.
  
  
• CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER - The corporate executive responsible for the day-to-day management of a compan...
  
  
• CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (COO) - The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually th...
  
  
• CHIEF RENT - A rent payable by the owner of a freehold property similar to the ground rent payable by a...
  
  
• CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE CREDIT - You may be able to claim this credit if you pay someone to care for y...
  
  
• CHILD TAX CREDIT - A tax break allowed individuals who claim eligible dependent children on their tax r...
  
  
• CHINESE HEDGE - Applies mainly to convertible securities. Trading hedge in which one is short the conve...
  
  
• CHINESE WALL - Communication barrier between financiers at a firm (investment bankers) and traders. Thi...
  
  
• CHIPS - Common-Linked Higher Income Participation Securities (sm). Bear Stearns' proprietary Equity Lin...