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Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Canadian Association Of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)

What is the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)? The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is a national, industry-funded organization that represents Canada's upstream...

Calamity Call

What is 'Calamity Call' A call feature of a Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) designed primarily to reduce the issuer's reinvestment risk. If...

Call Risk

What is 'Call Risk' The risk, faced by a holder of a callable bond, that a bond issuer will take advantage of...

Cabinet Crowd

What is 'Cabinet Crowd' Members of the NYSE who typically trade in inactive bonds. The cabinet crowd is made up of a...

Pale Recession

What is 'Pale Recession' A phrase used in May 2008 by former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan to describe an economic...

Paradigm Shift

What is a 'Paradigm Shift' A paradigm shift is a major change in how some process is accomplished. A paradigm shift can...

Private Equity

DefinitionPrivate equity typically refers to investment funds organized as limited partnerships that are not publicly traded and whose investors are typically large institutional investors,...

Participation Mortgage

DefinitionA participation mortgage or participating mortgage is a mortgage loan, or sometimes a group of them, in which two or more persons have fractional...

Pension Fund

DefinitionA pension fund, also known as a superannuation fund in some countries, is any plan, fund, or scheme which provides retirement income. Pension Fund...

Paris Club

DefinitionThe Paris Club is a group of officials from major creditor countries whose role is to find coordinated and sustainable solutions to the payment...

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