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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),

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 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 currency arbitrage?

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

What is Bank Credit?

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

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 are forward contracts?

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Keywords: over-the-counter (OTC), counter-parties, spot rate, forward contracts,

What do I need to know about investing in FOREX?

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Keywords: investments, volatility, currencies, Forex, daily trading volume, banking institutions, overnight market, international investment banks, forex hedging, bottom line,

What are “Dark Pools” of Money?

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

What is the Prime Rate

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

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 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 Accrual Rate?

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

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,

How do I get IPO shares?

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Keywords: investments, mutual funds, portfolio management, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), institutional investing, secondary market, primary market, Initial Public Offering (IPO),

What is the Discount Rate?

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

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