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111commodity fetishism — An idea elaborated by Karl Marx early in the first volume ofCapital. He makes a distinction between use value and exchange value: the former is a judgement about the usefulness of an object; the latter is what that same object will fetch in… …
112Commodity tick — Futures exchanges establish a minimum amount that the price of a commodity can fluctuate upward or downward. This minimum fluctuation (trade increment) is known as a tick or commodity tick. Hence, a tick is any fluctuation in the price of a… …
113Commodity Credit Corporation — La Commodity Credit Corporation ou CCC est une agence gouvernementale américaine rattachée au département de l Agriculture des États Unis qui fut créée le 17 octobre 1933 dans le cadre du New Deal de Franklin D. Roosevelt. Un jour plus tôt,… …
114commodity meat — noun a) Meat that is produced and distributed on an industrial scale, and can be bought and sold on the commodity markets b) Meat distributed through the USDA commodity food distribution program …
115Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 — The Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 (P.L. 100 237) (January 8, 1988) established a free standing law requiring the USDA to improve the distribution and quality of commodities donated to child nutrition programs. It… …
116Commodity Block Currency — A currency that belongs to a country whose economy is strongly correlated with the price fluctuations of a certain commodity. For example, a large portion of the Canadian economy is tied to the price of oil, which causes the price of this… …
117Commodity Channel Index - CCI — An oscillator used in technical analysis to help determine when an investment vehicle has been overbought and oversold. The Commodity Channel Index, first developed by Donald Lambert, quantifies the relationship between the asset s price, a… …
118Commodity Credit Corporation - CCC — An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) was created to support and protect the income of American farmers, as well as agricultural prices. This agency assists in maintaining an adequate variety and… …
119Commodity Trading Advisor - CTA — An individual or a firm, registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, that receives compensation for giving people advice on options, futures and the actual trading of managed futures accounts. Registration for CTAs is done through… …
120commodity pool — An enterprise in which funds contributed by a number of persons are combined for the purpose of trading futures contracts or commodity options. Chicago Board of Trade glossary A venture where several persons contribute funds to trade futures or… …
