CARICOM (Caribbean Common Market)
Caribbean Common Market. Consists of 14 sister-member countries of the Caribbean community. Members include: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago. They have set as a goal that in 1997 there will be a single market allowing for the free movement of labor. Conspicuous by their absence are the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, two major players in international banking and finance. |
Similar financial terms
Common stock ratioA ratio showing the portion of total capitalization represented by common stock and retained earnings. To calculate, add the dollar value of common stock plus retained earnings and divide by total capitalization; the result is expressed as a percentage
Cash flow per common share
Cash flow from operations minus preferred stock dividends, divided by the number of common shares outstanding.
Common size statement
A statement in which all items are expressed as a percentage of a base figure, useful for purposes of analyzing trends and the changing relationship between financial statement items. For example, all items in each year's income statement could be presented as a percentage of net sales.
Common market
An agreement between two or more countries that permits the free movement of capital and labor as well as goods and services.
Common stock
These are securities that represent equity ownership in a company. Common shares let an investor vote on such matters as the election of directors. They also give the holder a share in a company's profits via dividend payments or the capital appreciation of the security.
Common stock/other equity
Value of outstanding common shares at par, plus accumulated retained earnings. Also called shareholders' equity.
Common stock equivalent
A convertible security that is traded like an equity issue because the optioned common stock is trading high.
Common stock market
The market for trading equities, not including preferred stock.
Common stock ratios
Ratios that are designed to measure the relative claims of stockholders to earnings (cash flow per share), and equity (book value per share) of a firm.
Common-base-year analysis
The representing of accounting information over multiple years as percentages of amounts in an initial year.
Common-size analysis
The representing of balance sheet items as percentages of assets and of income statement items as percentages of sales.
