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

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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

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What is Assessed Value?

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Keywords: Fair Market Value (FMV), ask price, appraised value, property taxes, municipal bond ratings,

What are Municipal Bond Funds?

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Keywords: fixed income, mutual funds, corporate and municipal debt,

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 Chapter 9?

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Keywords: liquidation value, bankruptcy law, muni bonds, municipalities, bankruptcy filings, Chapter 9,

What is a Mortgage Subsidy Bond?

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Keywords: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), municipal bonds, subsidiaries, Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Mortgage Revenue Bonds (MRBs), Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980, activity bonds,

What is a Bond?

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

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 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),

BB/Ba2 — credit rating

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Keywords: default risk, S&P, risk premium, high yield bonds, Moody's, Fitch, creditworthiness, BBB, investment grade bonds,

BB-/Ba3 — credit rating

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Keywords: bonds, junk bonds, credit score, S&P, risk premium, high yield bonds, Moody's, Fitch, creditworthiness, investment grade bonds, Credit Rating Agencies (CRA),

What is Accrued Interest?

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

B+/B1 — credit tating

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Keywords: default risk, credit rating, junk bonds, S&P, high yield bonds, Moody's, Fitch, ratings institutions,

What are the Tax Implications of Owning Bonds?

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Keywords: fixed income, investment taxation, bonds, tax-exempt bonds, tax-equivalent yield, infrastructure,

What is a Fixed Income Security?

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Keywords: fixed income, interest rates, risk, U.S. Treasuries, fixed-income securities,

What is a Callable Bond?

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Keywords: interest rates, bonds, debt, bond, callable,

Are Social Security Benefits Taxed?

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Keywords: taxation, social security, 401(k), municipal bonds, IRAs, qualified plans, muni bonds, income threshold limits, combined income, non-taxable interest, taxable income,

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 Happens to the Price of a Bond After I Buy It?

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Keywords: fixed income, secondary market, yield, bond prices,

How Do I Structure My Bond Portfolio?

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Keywords: fixed income, portfolio management, interest rates, bonds, investment portfolio, bond ladder, barbell strategy, bond portfolio strategy, bullet strategy,

What is the Bond Market?

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Keywords: mutual funds, bonds, asset-backed securities, high yield bonds, Hedge Funds, banking institutions, primary and secondary markets, pension funds, bond prices,

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