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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 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,

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 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 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,

What is the October Effect?

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Keywords: behavioral economics, superstition, Mark Twain Effect,

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 Effective Annual Interest Rate?

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

How Can I Establish a SIMPLE IRA?

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Keywords: taxation, retirement accounts, elections, employee benefits, qualified plans, IRS Form 5304, Form 5305, 60 day election,

Are the markets efficient?

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

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 “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),

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