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IntroductionMarket Abbreviations Stock Market Statistics Thinking about Your Financial Future Search for Advisors Financial Calculators Financial Media Federal Agencies and Programs

Investment PortfoliosModern Portfolio Theories Investment Strategy Practical Portfolio Management Info Diversification Ratings Activities Abroad Trading Markets

Investment Terminology and InstrumentsBasics Investment Terminology Trading Bonds Mutual Funds Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)Stocks Annuities

Technical Analysis and TradingAnalysis Basics Technical Indicators Trading Models Patterns Trading Options Trading Forex Trading Commodities Speculative Investments

Cryptocurrencies and BlockchainBlockchain Bitcoin Ethereum Litecoin Ripple Taxes and Regulation

RetirementSocial Security Benefits Long-Term Care Insurance General Retirement Info Health Insurance Medicare and Medicaid Life Insurance Wills and Trusts

Retirement Accounts401(k) and 403(b) Plans Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA)SEP and SIMPLE IRAs Keogh Plans Money Purchase/Profit Sharing Plans Self-Employed 401(k)s and 457s Pension Plan Rules Cash-Balance Plans Thrift Savings Plans and 529 Plans and ESA

Personal FinancePersonal Banking Personal Debt Home Related Tax Forms Small Business Income Investments IRS Rules and Publications Personal Life Mortgage

Corporate BasicsBasics Corporate Structure Corporate Fundamentals Corporate Debt Risks Economics Corporate Accounting Dividends Earnings

What is Accrual Rate?

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Keywords: bonds, secondary market, accrual accounting, coupon rate, defined benefit pension plan,

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 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 an Income Bond?

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Keywords: bankruptcy, bonds, coupon payments, corporate bonds, junk bonds, high yield bonds, cumulative frequency,

What is a Bond Coupon?

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Keywords: interest rates, bonds, bond, bond coupons, coupon payments, investment basics,

What is a Bond?

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Keywords: investments, fixed income, leverage, bonds, corporate and municipal debt, investment basics,

What is Yield to Maturity?

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Keywords: bonds, zero-coupon bond, yield to call, yield to maturity, investment basics, bond maturity, bond yield,

What is a Zero Coupon Bond?

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Keywords: interest rates, bonds, zero-coupon bond,

What Types of Bonds Are There?

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Keywords: investments, fixed income, bonds, corporate bonds, junk bonds, high yield bonds, treasury notes, munis, investment basics,

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,

What is a Yield Curve?

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Keywords: fixed income, interest rates, bonds, yield curve, inverted,

What is an Interest Rate?

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Keywords: bonds, interest rate, loans, provisions, cost of money,

What is a Rate Swap?

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Keywords: interest rates, over-the-counter (OTC), floating rate,

What is a Run Rate?

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Keywords: valuation, historical performance, treasury stock, warrant, employee stock options, employee equity incentive program, depleted, run rate, overhang, burn rate, grants,

What are Bond Ratings?

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Keywords: bankruptcy, fixed income, bonds, 2008, Standard and Poor's, Moody's, Fitch, AAA-rating, Enron, American International Group (AIG), BBB, investment basics, bond ratings,

What is a Bond Ladder?

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Keywords: risk, bonds, income, bond ladder, interest rate, coupon payments, bond portfolio strategy,

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 Discount Rate?

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Keywords: interest rates, federal reserve, discount rate, discount bonds, federal discount rate,

What is the Interbank Rate?

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Keywords: federal funds rate, LIBOR, prime rate, lending, overnight rate, central banks,

What are Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs)?

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Keywords: volatility, bond, interest rate, mortgages, refinancing, Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO),

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