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What is Form 4563: Exclusion of Income for Bona-Fide Residents of American Samoa?

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Keywords: Samoa, Guam, CNMI (commonwealth of the Northern Marina Islands), U.S. Territories, sourced income,

What is the Size of our National Debt?

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Keywords: economy, U.S. Treasuries, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), fiscal year, money supply,

What Does Market Risk Premium mean?

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Keywords: stocks, risk, U.S. Treasuries, market risk premium, yield to maturity,

What is a Debenture?

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Keywords: bonds, U.S. Treasuries, interest, government bonds, collateral, debenture,

What Does Opportunity Cost Mean?

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Keywords: risk, U.S. Treasuries, risk free rate, opportunity cost, investment yield,

What are Mortgage-Backed Securities?

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Keywords: interest rates, financial crisis, U.S. Treasuries, Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), 2008, mortgages, subprime meltdown,

What is a Fixed Income Security?

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Keywords: fixed income, interest rates, risk, U.S. Treasuries, fixed-income securities,

What is the “Riskless” (or Risk-Free) Rate of Return?

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Keywords: interest rates, stocks, benchmark, bonds, risk free rate, yield, risk premium, U.S. Treasury Bills, risk/return ratio,

What is the ‘Risk-Free Rate of Return’?

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Keywords: risk tolerance, U.S. Treasuries, risk free rate, Security Market Line (SML), Sharpe Ratio, treasury yield, risk-free asset,

What are TIPS?

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Keywords: inflation, U.S. Treasuries, risk free rate, yield to maturity, Consumer Price Index (CPI),

What is a Settlement Date?

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Keywords: bonds, U.S. Treasuries, trade date, spot rate, debt settlement, types of trading orders,

What is a Treasury Note?

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Keywords: bonds, U.S. Treasuries, government bonds, auction, interest rate risk, investment basics,

What is the Russell 1000?

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Keywords: market indices, benchmark, cap-weighted index, Russell 3000, domestic stocks,

What is the S&P 500?

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Keywords: market indices, market capitalization, S&P 500, cap-weighted index, domestic stocks,

What are some Key Numbers Related to the World Capital Markets?

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Keywords: market statistics, economy, market capitalization, derivatives, Gross Domestic Product (GDP),

What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

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Keywords: market indices, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), price-weighted index, stock split, domestic stocks,

What is the Wilshire 5000 Index?

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Keywords: market indices, market capitalization, institutional investing, cap-weighted index, domestic stocks,

Should I buy other currencies?

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Keywords: volatility, currencies, hedging, risk, speculation, foreign currency markets,

What is a Federal Credit Union?

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Keywords: interest rates, 457 plans, FDIC, NCUA, Certificates of Deposit (CDs), client-owned businesses, mutuality, exporting,

What is Real Rate of Return?

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Keywords: risk tolerance, inflation, bonds, discount rate, taxes, buying power, time value of money, coupon rate, assumed rate of return, guaranteed rate of return, after-tax yield, long term financial planning, Consumer Price Index (CPI), real rate of return,

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