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Commodity: A commodity is a physical substance such as a food or a
                        metal which investors buy or sell on a commodities exchange, usually via

                        futures contracts.

                        Common Stock: A security that represents ownership in a corporation.


                        Compounding: The computation of interest paid using the principal

                        plus the previously earned interest.

                        Conduit IRA: An individual who rolled over a total distribution from a

                        qualified plan into an IRA can later roll over those assets into a new


                        (a conduit).


                        Conforming loan: A mortgage loan that conforms to Federal National
                        Mortgage  Association  (FNMA)  or  Federal  Home  Loan  Mortgage

                        Corporation  (FHLMC)  guidelines.  Currently,  conforming  first
                        mortgages are under $275,000 ($413,000 in Alaska and Hawaii).


                        Consumer debt: Debt incurred for consumable or depreciating non-
                        investment  assets.  Items  include  credit  card  debt,  store-financed

                        consumer purchases, car loans, and family loans that will be repaid.


                        Conventional  mortgage:  A  conventional  mortgage  is  not  insured,
                        guaranteed  or  funded  by  the  Veterans  Administration,  the  Federal
                        Housing Administration, or Rural Economic Community Development.


                        Convertible Term Life  Insurance:  Term  life  insurance  that  can be
                        converted  to  a  permanent  or  whole  life  policy  without  evidence  of

                        insurability (is subject to time limitations).







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