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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 a Balloon Payment?

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Keywords: interest rates, debt, loans, reset provision, installment payments, loan refinancing, loan term,

What is a Leveraged Loan?

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Keywords: risk tolerance, leverage, risk, loans, investment banks, leveraged instruments,

What is a Jumbo Loan?

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Keywords: interest rates, mortgage, securitized, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, credit score, mortgage loans, jumbo mortgages,

What are Subprime Loans?

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Keywords: Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), 2008, cash flow, securitized, Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO), prime rate, subprime loans,

What is an FHA Loan?

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Keywords: Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), first-time homebuyers, low income homebuyers, FHA loans,

What is a Student Loan?

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Keywords: inflation, FAFSA, Sallie Mae, Navient, student loans,

What is Long-Term Debt?

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Keywords: liabilities, balance sheet, debt, mortgage, long-term debt, debenture,

What is Investment Interest Expense?

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Keywords: real estate, short selling, margin, loans, tax deductible, cash equivalents, investment accounts, Form 1040, investment property,

What is Mortgage Life Insurance?

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Keywords: mortgages, life insurance, cash value life insurance, term life,

What is an Interest Rate?

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

What is Accrued Interest?

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Keywords: bonds, accrued interest, accrual accounting, loans, Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO),

What is Mortgage Insurance?

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Keywords: loans, ratios, Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Loan-to-Value (LTV), Homeowners Protection Act (HPA),

What is a Mortgagee?

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Keywords: Fannie Mae, subprime meltdown, mortgage loans, mortgage bubble, mortgagee, loan officer, loan underwriting, mortgagor, mortgage companies,

What is a Home Equity Loan?

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Keywords: mortgage, Home Equity Line Of Credit (HELOC), fixed-rate interest payments, college funding, home equity loans,

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 Accelerated Amortization?

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Keywords: annuities, bonds, amortization, depreciation, prepayment, intangible assets, tangible assets, mortgage loans, adjusted earnings, tax deductions,

What is Cash Collateral?

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

What is Mortgage Modification?

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Keywords: Fannie Mae, loan refinancing, Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), mortgage refinancing, financial hardship, mortgage modification,

What is Bad Credit?

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Keywords: bankruptcy, debt, loans, Equifax, credit cards, FICO score, free credit report,

What is a Home Debtor?

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Keywords: banking, mortgages, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), mortgage loans, home equity, underwater, Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), Emergency Economic Stabilization Act,

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