Can’t Find The Crooks (CFTC backronymic nickname)
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has a mission to protect market users and the public from fraud, manipulation, and abusive practices related to the sale of commodity and…
Can’t Pass Again (CPA backronymic nickname)
The certified public accountant (CPA) exam in notoriously difficult to pass. The CPA bakcronymic (back acronym) nicknames of "Can't Pass (it) Again" and "Couldn't Pass (it)…
Can’t Produce Anything (CPA backronymic nickname)
"Can't Produce Anything" is a popular backronym (back acronym) for "CPA" (certified public accountant), but it didn't start out representing accountants. The Coalition…
CapEx (Capital Expenditure)
"CapEx" (also "CAPEX" or "capex") stands for "capital expenditure" or "capital expense." "OpEx" (also "OPEX" and…
Capitalist Bible (Wall Street Journal nickname)
Several publications have been called the "capitalist bible." Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776) has frequently been called the…
Capitalist Tool (Forbes magazine slogan)
Forbes magazine has used the slogan "(The) Capitalist Tool" since 1966. The Forbes company once owned a DC-9 plane called "The Capitalist Tool." The Wall Street Journal, a daily…
Carriage Trade
"Carriage trade" means business with wealthy customers (such as those who arrive in expensive carriages). The term "carriage trade" has been cited in print since at least this…
Cash Cow
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Cash cowIn business, a cash cow is a product or a business unit that generates unusually high profit margins: so high that it is responsible for a large amount…
Cash on the Sidelines
"Cash/money on the sidelines" is like a football player "on the sidelines" (that is, not in the field of play). Cash might be kept "on the sidelines" to ride out a…
Cashtration (cash + castration)
"Cashtration" or "cashstration" (cash + castration) is a jocular portmanteau term that combines money (or the lack of it) and impotence. The term "cashtration"…
Central Banks’ Central Bank (Bank for International Settlements or BIS nickname)
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), located in Basel, Switzerland, was formed in 1930 to facilitate the transfer of reparations from the World War. The BIS is not accountable to any…
Chaircreature (Chairman of the Federal Reserve nickname)
"Chaircreature" was a character in the television science fiction series, The Tomorrow People (1979). The creature chaired the Galactic Federation. Chairmen (and chairwomen) have been…
Chairsatan (Chairman of the Federal Reserve nickname)
The Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has been called the "Fed Chairman" and "Fed Chief." The blog Zero Hedge on February 3, 2011 used…
Chernobyl Death Obligation (Collateralized Debt Obligation or CDO nickname)
Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) became so toxic that by August 2007 Ian Kerr dubbed them "Chernobyl death obligations" (after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster). The CDO…
Chump Change
"Chump change" is a small and/or insignificant mount of money -- the money a "chump" makes, not a "champ." "Chump change" was printed in the Philadelphia…
Churning
"Churning" occurs when a broker executes many trades on an investment account; the trades are not necessarily in the best interests of the investor (the client), but the trades are in the…
Citigov (Citigroup + Government)
Citigroup Inc. is one of the largest banks in the world, but it required a federal bailout in 2008-2009 to survive. When the company's website went down in February 2009, website users…
Clowngrade (clown + downgrade/upgrade)
A "clowngrade" (clown + downgrade/upgrade) is a foolish downgrade or upgrade made by a financial analyst. The term was coined by Joshua M. Brown on The Reformed Broker blog on February…
CNBS (CNBC nickname)
The Consumer News and Business Channel was launched on April 17, 1989; in 1991, the name was shortened to "CNBC." The nickname "CNBS" has been used since at least 2007 by those…
Coinstipated or Coinstapated (coin + constipated)
"Coinstipated" or "coinstapated" (coin + constipated) has several definitions. "Coinstipated" was cited in print in 2008. "Coinstipated: The result of swallowing…