tailieunhanh - Dictionary of Finantial and Business Terms part 4

Cost-benefit ratio The net present value of an investment divided by the investment's initial cost. Also called the profitability index. Counter trade The exchange of goods for other goods rather than for cash; barter. Counterpart items In the balance of payments, counterpart items are analogous to unrequited transfers in the current account. They arise because the double-entry system in balance of payments accounting and refer to adjustments in reserves owing to monetization or demonetization of gold, allocation or cancellation of SDRs, and revaluation of the various components of total reserves. Counterparties The parties to an interest rate swap. Counterparty Party on the other. | 31 Dictionary of Finantial and Business Terms Lico Reis - Consultoria L nguas licoreis@ Cost-benefit ratio The net present value of an investment divided by the investment s initial cost. Also called the profitability index. Counter trade The exchange of goods for other goods rather than for cash barter. Counterpart items In the balance of payments counterpart items are analogous to unrequited transfers in the current account. They arise because the double-entry system in balance of payments accounting and refer to adjustments in reserves owing to monetization or demonetization of gold allocation or cancellation of SDRs and revaluation of the various components of total reserves. Counterparties The parties to an interest rate swap. Counterparty Party on the other side of a trade or transaction. Counterparty risk The risk that the other party to an agreement will default. In an options contract the risk to the option buyer that the option writer will not buy or sell the underlying as agreed. Country economic risk Developments in a national economy that can affect the outcome of an international financial transaction. Country beta Covariance of a national economy s rate of return and the rate of return the world economy divided by the variance of the world economy. Country financial risk The ability of the national economy to generate enough foreign exchange to meet payments of interest and principal on its foreign debt. Country risk General level of political and economic uncertainty in a country affecting the value of loans or investments in that country. Country selection A type of active international management that measures the contribution to performance attributable to investing in the better-performing stock markets of the world. Coupon The periodic interest payment made to the bondholders during the life of the bond. Coupon equivalent yield True interest cost expressed on the basis of a 365-day year. Coupon payments A bond s interest payments. .