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What is an Accounting Period?

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Keywords: accounting, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), IFRS, quarterly review, IRS, business financial reports, fiscal year, 52-53 week year, 4-4-5 calendar, 13-week quarter,

What is IRS Publication 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax?

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Keywords: quarterly review, income taxes, withholding, payroll taxes, W-4,

What is a Calendar Spread?

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Keywords: implied volatility, calls, puts, debit spread, writing options, underlying, horizontal spread, calendar spread, legs of a spread, front month, back month, diagonal spread,

What is a call time spread?

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Keywords: portfolio management, options, horizontal spread, net credit, options premium, calendar spread, money base,

What is a put time spread?

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Keywords: portfolio management, long position, in the money, Out of The Money (OTM), short position, calls, puts, options, horizontal spread, calendar spread,

Is there such a thing as a “presidential election cycle” impact on stocks?

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Keywords: portfolio theories, superstition, correlation, calendar effects, market trends, Elliot Waves, elections, market timing, government employees,

What are the Tax Implications for Taking Money Out of a Roth IRA?

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Keywords: taxation, retirement accounts, age 59 ½, early withdrawal penalty, 59 ½ rule, 5-year rule, qualified withdrawals,

Can You Pay More Than Nominal Value for a Bond?

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Keywords: fixed income, interest rate risk, buying and selling activity, bond prices,

Is there such a thing as the “January effect?”

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Keywords: superstition, null hypothesis, calendar effects, market timing, market psychology,

Is there any truth to saying “sell on Rosh Hashanah, buy on Yom Kippur?”

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Keywords: portfolio theories, superstition, calendar effects, market timing, Judaism, holidays,

Is there such a thing as the “pre-holiday effect?”

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Keywords: portfolio theories, superstition, calendar effects, market timing, buying and selling activity, holidays,

What is an 'expiration date' in reference to option trading?

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Keywords: trading, derivatives, Futures, expiry, expiration date, options, holidays,

What is the Rising Pennant (Bullish) Pattern?

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What is the Head-and-Shoulders Top (Bearish) Pattern?

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What is the Rising Pennant (Bullish) Pattern?

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Keywords: chart patterns, bullish, call option, stop-limit order, uptrend, stock price, flags and pennants, Rising Pennant, breakout,

What is the Rising Flag (Bullish) Pattern?

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What is the Rising Flag (Bullish) Pattern?

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Keywords: volatility, chart patterns, bullish, call option, stop-limit order, uptrend, stock price, flags and pennants, Rising Flag, breakout,

What is the Falling Flag (Bearish) Pattern?

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What is the Falling Pennant (Bearish) Pattern?

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What is the Broadening Wedge Ascending (Bearish) Pattern?

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Keywords: chart patterns, downtrend, bearish, put option, stop-limit order, value investing, short position, short-selling, Broadening Wedge Ascending, breakout,

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