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His modern vino de cocos may not exactly be the sort of spirit you’d want to sip at leisure, like mezcal or tequila.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

Cohen & Steers’ Cordes also sees better value in the institutional preferreds, especially what are known as contingent capital securities, or cocos.

From Barron's Dec. 4, 2025

In other words, its cocos appear to have been poorly designed, at risk of taking money away from investors before the bank truly faces calamity.

From Economist Feb. 11, 2016

Among his favorite investments are convertible contingent bonds, or cocos.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 2015

On the southern half of the eastern border, on the shore from Borongan by Lauang as far as Guiuan, there are considerable plantations of cocos, which are most imperfectly applied to the production of oil.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin

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