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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

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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

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What is the ‘Risk-Free Rate of Return’?

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Keywords: risk tolerance, U.S. Treasuries, risk free rate, Security Market Line (SML), Sharpe Ratio, treasury yield, risk-free asset,

What is the “Riskless” (or Risk-Free) Rate of Return?

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Keywords: interest rates, stocks, benchmark, bonds, risk free rate, yield, risk premium, U.S. Treasury Bills, risk/return ratio,

B-/B3 — credit rating

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Keywords: treasuries, credit rating, junk bonds, S&P, high yield bonds, Moody's, Fitch, investment grade bonds, default rate, recovery rate, risk free,

What is market exposure?

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Keywords: assets, portfolio management, market, participating, risk free, participation limits, Diversification Score®, market exposure, inherent value,

What are TIPS?

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Keywords: inflation, U.S. Treasuries, risk free rate, yield to maturity, Consumer Price Index (CPI),

What is Required Rate of Return?

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Keywords: credit rating, risk free rate, supply and demand, required yield, cost of capital, bond issues, required rate of return,

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 the Black-Scholes formula?

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Keywords: portfolio management, risk free rate, options, formula selling, Black-Scholes, American style options, Europe,

What is market arbitrage?

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Keywords: profit, bond, Forex, arbitrage, arbitration, risk free,

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 the security market line?

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Keywords: Beta, valuation, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), capital market line, capital allocation line, risk free rate, market risk premium, market average, active trading,

What is Risk?

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Keywords: insurance, risk, Beta, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), Security Market Line (SML), Sharpe Ratio, risk premium, market exposure,

What is the Capital Market Line?

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Keywords: risk, standard deviation, expected returns, capital market, Portfolio, capital market line,

What is Systematic Risk?

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Keywords: hedging, alternative investments, diversification, Beta, market risk, systematic risk, Diversification Score®, market exposure,

What is currency risk?

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Keywords: forward contract, futures market, forex market, currency risk,

What is a Certificate of Deposit?

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Keywords: interest rates, risk, Certificates of Deposit (CDs),

What is Unsystematic Risk?

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Keywords: Beta, correlation, market risk, diversifiable risk, residual risk, systematic risk, risk return tradeoff, Diversification Score®, unsystematic risk,

What is market risk?

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Keywords: volatility, modern portfolio theory, systematic risk, risk return tradeoff, risk and return, Diversification Score®, market exposure, inherent value,

What Does Market Risk Premium mean?

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Keywords: stocks, risk, U.S. Treasuries, market risk premium, yield to maturity,

What is the Equity Risk Premium?

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Keywords: risk, stock market, Portfolio, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), equity risk premium, inherent value,

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