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What is the October Effect?

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Keywords: behavioral economics, superstition, Mark Twain Effect,

What Does Mark to Market (MTM) Mean?

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Keywords: mutual funds, securities, accounting, Mark to Market (MTM),

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 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 are “Dark Pools” of Money?

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Keywords: market performance, regulations, institutional investing, illegal trading, dark pools of liquidity,

What was the Mt. Gox Incident?

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Keywords: bitcoin wallets, Mt. Gox, Mark Karpeles, bitcoin heists, SEC regulations, FDIC insurance,

What is Effective Annual Interest Rate?

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Keywords: securities, security, bond, compounding interest, interest rate, effective tax rate, effective annual interest rate,

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,

Are the markets efficient?

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Keywords: behavioral economics, stock market correction, efficient markets, market theories, investment basics,

How to use the Chaikin Oscillator in trading

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Keywords: accumulation/distribution indicator, momentum indicators, Chaikin Oscillator, Marc Chaikin, Chaikin Money Flow (CMF), Accumulation/Distribution Line (ADL),

What is Yield?

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Keywords: mutual funds, stocks, annuities, bonds, compounding interest, interest, dividend, yield, current yield, yield to maturity, nominal yield, effective yield, tax-equivalent yield, CD-equivalent yield, money market yield, roll yield,

What is the “efficient frontier”?

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Keywords: portfolio management, diversification, risk, modern portfolio theory, efficient frontier, diversifiable risk, risk return tradeoff, risk/return ratio,

What does the Efficiency Ratio Mean?

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Keywords: liabilities, assets, efficiency ratio, assets and liabilities, business management, market research, turnovers, turnover ratio,

What is market efficiency?

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Keywords: passive investing, active management, bid and ask prices, efficient market hypothesis, index investing, market makers,

What is market equilibrium?

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Keywords: stocks, supply, demand, efficiency, price, equilibrium, stock market correction,

What is After-Hours Trading?

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Keywords: NASDAQ, Forex, short selling, currency trading, dark pools of liquidity, after-hours trading,

What is “efficient market hypothesis”?

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Keywords: portfolio management, stock market, efficient market theory, sentiment, stock market correction, Fair Market Value (FMV), stock price, efficient market hypothesis, efficient markets, bubbles,

What is the random walk hypothesis?

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Keywords: technical analysis, efficient market theory, chaos theory, Fibonacci Retracement, supply and demand, chartists, market equilibrium,

What is Life Expectancy?

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Keywords: actuaries, mortality pool, Life Expectancy at Birth (LEB),

What is the difference between active and passive money management?

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Keywords: market indices, investment managers, asset allocation, alpha, money manager, Warren Buffett, efficient markets, index funds, asset classes,

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