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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 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 Credit Counseling?

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Keywords: bankruptcy, debt collections, debt settlement, civil court proceedings, non-profit organizations, lending institutions, Department of Justice (DOJ),

What is the Prime Rate

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Keywords: loan interest rates, default risk, federal funds rate, prime rate, lending institutions,

What is Underwriting?

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Keywords: insurance, Initial Public Offering (IPO), securitized, investment banks, risk transfer, insurance companies, lending institutions, loan underwriting,

What is Bitcoin lending?

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Keywords: ponzi schemes, margin account, lending platforms, lending pools, tax-free loans, p2p loans, microloans, Mt. Gox,

What is the Interbank Rate?

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

What is a foreign institutional investor?

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Keywords: passive investing, international trade, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), international business, Foreign Institutional Investor (FII), Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI),

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 leading indicator?

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Keywords: technical indicators, economics, leading indicators, oscillators, Dow Theory, confirmation, historical performance, Brexit, lagging indicators,

What is the FHFA?

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Keywords: 2008, mortgages, Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, lending, mortgage bubble, secondary mortgages, bad debt,

What is Freddie Mac?

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Keywords: Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO), Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), subprime meltdown, banking institutions, Great Depression, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,

What is Bank Credit?

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Keywords: economics, loans, credit score, banking institutions, FICO score,

What is Housing Expense Ratio?

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Keywords: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage loans, bad debt, mortgage lending market, home mortgage lending, housing expense ratio,

What is Cash Collateral?

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Keywords: broker, short selling, margin, loans, lending, cash, collateral, collateral account,

What is Federal Reserve Credit?

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Keywords: federal reserve, interbank loans, federal funds rate, banking institutions, federal discount rate, overnight loans,

What is GAAP?

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Keywords: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), EBITDA, IFRS, American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB),

What are “Dark Pools” of Money?

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Keywords: market performance, regulations, institutional investing, illegal trading, dark pools of liquidity,

Can I Decide How My Money is Invested in My Defined Benefit Plan?

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Keywords: mutual funds, retirement accounts, fiduciary, banking institutions, defined benefit pension plan, plan trustee, financial institutions,

What is Investment Banking?

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Keywords: trading, trading volume, new issue, Initial Public Offering (IPO), investment banks, Volcker Rule, Hedge Funds, banking institutions, Glass-Steagall Act, loan underwriting,

What is currency arbitrage?

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Keywords: Forex, arbitrage, investment banks, banking institutions, arbitration, foreign currency markets,

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