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How are option prices computed?

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Keywords: volatility, portfolio management, implied volatility, strike price, options, time decay, binomial trees, Black-Scholes,

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 is the Three Rising Valleys (Bullish) Pattern?

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Keywords: chart patterns, bullish, call option, stop-limit order, uptrend, Three Rising Valleys, breakout,

What is the Three Falling Peaks (Bearish) Pattern?

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Keywords: chart patterns, downtrend, bearish, put option, stop-limit order, short position, short-selling, breakout, Three Falling Peaks,

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,

B-/B3 — credit rating

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Keywords: treasuries, credit rating, junk bonds, S&P, high yield bonds, Moody's, Fitch, investment grade bonds, default rate, recovery rate, risk free,

What is the Hang Seng Index?

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Keywords: market indices, China, stock exchanges, foreign investment, free float,

What is a Monopoly?

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Keywords: supply and demand, vertical integration, price fixing, free market, competition, market efficiency, Apple e-books, Microsoft, Standard Oil, antitrust, horizontal integration,

What is Mutual Fund Classification According to Market Capitalization?

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Keywords: mutual funds, market capitalization, large cap, market cap, small cap, free float, mid cap, market exposure,

What is market exposure?

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Keywords: assets, portfolio management, market, participating, risk free, participation limits, Diversification Score®, market exposure, inherent value,

What is Bond Insurance?

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Keywords: insurance, default risk, asset-backed securities, corporate bonds, risk free rate, risk premium, treasury bonds, coupon rate, nominal yield, Credit Rating Agencies (CRA), municipal bonds, Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO),

What is Acquisition Accounting?

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Keywords: goodwill, acquisitions, IFRS, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), IRS, intangible assets, accounting standards, business combination accounting, purchase method, acquisition method, negative goodwill, tax-free,

What is Cash Flow After Taxes?

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Keywords: cash flow, capital expenditures, free cash flow, EBITDA, debt ratio, debt service, Cash Flow After Taxes (CFAT),

What is a Merkle Tree?

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Keywords: peer-to-peer technology, hash function, root, torrents, encryption vs hashing,

Which is Better for Me: a Roth or Traditional IRA?

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Keywords: household income, taxation, retirement accounts, age 70 ½, tax-deferral, pretax, after-tax Roth, income limits, tax-free, after-tax, social security taxation, Adjusted Gross Income (AGI),

What is the security market line?

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Keywords: Beta, valuation, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), capital market line, capital allocation line, risk free rate, market risk premium, market average, active trading,

What is Required Rate of Return?

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Keywords: credit rating, risk free rate, supply and demand, required yield, cost of capital, bond issues, required rate of return,

What is Bond Yield?

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Keywords: secondary market, risk free rate, debt issues, required yield, current yield, yield to maturity, distribution yield, 30-day SEC yield, coupon rate, nominal yield, bond spread, bond yield,

What are TIPS?

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

What is the Black-Scholes formula?

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Keywords: portfolio management, risk free rate, options, formula selling, Black-Scholes, American style options, Europe,

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