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What are Load Mutual Funds?
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Keywords:
mutual funds
,
fees
,
fund expenses and fees
,
sales charges
,
front load
,
front-end load
,
back-end load
,
contingent deferred sales charge
,
breakpoint
,
12b-1
,
CDSC (contingent deferred sales charge)
,
What are Asset-Backed Securities?
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Keywords:
asset-backed securities
,
accounts receivable
,
securitized
,
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)
,
debt issues
,
asset-backed loan
,
Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO)
,
What is a Closed-End Fund?
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Keywords:
security
,
capital
,
closed-end fund
,
What is an Open-End Fund?
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Keywords:
mutual funds
,
open-end fund
,
What are No-Load Mutual Funds?
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Keywords:
mutual funds
,
mutual fund fees
,
commissions
,
front load
,
breakpoint
,
12b-1
,
no-load
,
What is Cash-Flow Financing?
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Keywords:
cash flow
,
cycles
,
inventory
,
EV/EBITDA
,
financing
,
asset-backed loan
,
senior stretch loan
,
over-advance loan
,
collateral
,
loan refinancing
,
business cycle
,
What is the Federal Home Loan Bank Act?
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Keywords:
treasuries
,
Fannie Mae
,
Freddie Mac
,
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
,
mortgage lending market
,
What is a Leveraged Loan?
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Keywords:
risk tolerance
,
leverage
,
risk
,
loans
,
investment banks
,
leveraged instruments
,
What is the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)?
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Keywords:
financial crisis
,
2008
,
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)
,
housing market
,
lending institutions
,
mortgage bubble
,
What is an Asset-Backed Security?
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Keywords:
Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS)
,
asset-backed securities
,
investing
,
tranches
,
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)
,
prepayment risk
,
PAC
,
royalty income
,
financial guaranty insurance
,
Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO)
,
What is an Accelerated Share Repurchase?
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Keywords:
dilutive
,
covering a short
,
short position
,
diluted earnings per share
,
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
,
share buybacks
,
investment banks
,
short-selling
,
buy-back
,
accelerated share repurchase
,
premium
,
What is a Balloon Payment?
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Keywords:
interest rates
,
debt
,
loans
,
reset provision
,
installment payments
,
loan refinancing
,
loan term
,
What is the LIBOR?
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Keywords:
benchmark
,
loan interest rates
,
LIBOR
,
overnight interbank rate
,
What is Securitization?
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Keywords:
Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS)
,
asset-backed securities
,
securitized
,
Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO)
,
car purchases
,
What is the Prime Rate
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Keywords:
loan interest rates
,
default risk
,
federal funds rate
,
prime rate
,
lending institutions
,
What is a Home Mortgage?
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Keywords:
notional principal
,
refinancing
,
float
,
mortgage
,
collateral
,
home equity
,
fixed-rate mortgage
,
Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
,
mortgage refinancing
,
principal loan amount
,
fixed rate
,
floating rate
,
What is a Mortgage Rate Lock?
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Keywords:
appraisal
,
mortgage loans
,
real estate closing attorneys
,
home inspector
,
lenders
,
mortgage companies
,
What does FDIC Insured mean?
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Keywords:
bankruptcy
,
Basel Accords
,
bank insurance
,
insolvency
,
Glass-Steagall Act
,
It’s a Wonderful Life
,
What was the Subprime Meltdown?
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Keywords:
2008
,
derivatives
,
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)
,
Fannie Mae
,
Freddie Mac
,
defaults
,
high yield
,
subprime meltdown
,
solvency issues
,
subprime loans
,
What is the Federal Discount Rate?
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Keywords:
federal reserve
,
interbank loans
,
discount rate
,
federal funds rate
,
overnight rate
,
cash value life insurance
,
federal funds market
,
Lombard loan
,
federal discount rate
,
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