Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• COUNTER-OFFER - An offer made in response to a previous offer. For example, after the buyer presents th...
  
  
• COUNTERBALANCE - is a compensating equivalent or to oppose and mitigate the effects of something by con...
  
  
• COUNTERCYCLICAL STOCK - Stocks described as countercyclical tend to provide stronger returns when the e...
  
  
• COUNTERCYCLICAL STOCKS - Stocks whose price tends to rise when the economy is in recession or the marke...
  
  
• COUNTERFEIT - something that is an imitation and is made to deceive persons into believing that the for...
  
  
• COUNTERMOVE - A price bar showing movement opposite to the direction of the prior time period; a retrac...
  
  
• COUNTEROFFER - A new offer made in response to an offer received. It has the effect of rejecting the or...
  
  
• COUNTERPART ITEMS - In the balance of payments, counterpart items are analogous to unrequited transfers...
  
  
• COUNTERPARTIES - The parties on either side of an interest rate swap or a currency, equity or commodity...
  
  
• COUNTERPARTY - A term used to identify the "other" party in a two-party transaction. For example, the c...