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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

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What are Simple and Exponential Moving Averages?

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Keywords: technical indicators, MACD, Exponential Moving Average (EMA), Simple Moving Average (SMA), snapping to data,

What is an FX swap?

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Keywords: hedging, Forex, derivatives, currency forward, swaps,

What is a Settlement Date?

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Keywords: bonds, U.S. Treasuries, trade date, spot rate, debt settlement, types of trading orders,

What is a Swap?

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Keywords: hedging, swaps, over-the-counter (OTC), interest rate swaps, market exposure,

What is Ex-Date?

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Keywords: stocks, dividends, ex-dividend date, record date,

What is absolute frequency?

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Keywords: Relative Strength Index (RSI), statistics, frequencies, probability, empirical studies, relative frequency, observations, data set, bin, class, cumulative frequency,

What is a currency swap?

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Keywords: hedging, risk, Forex, currency hedge, notional principal, forex hedging, currency swaps, interest rate swaps, rate swap,

What does notional value mean?

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Keywords: Forex, derivatives, Futures, swap, notional principal,

What is an 'expiration date' in reference to option trading?

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Keywords: trading, derivatives, Futures, expiry, expiration date, options, holidays,

What is a foreign currency swap?

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Keywords: zero-coupon bond, over-the-counter (OTC), forward contracts, foreign currency markets, currency swaps, forex market, off-exchange,

What is a credit default swap?

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Keywords: insurance, risk, hedge, swaps, arbitrage, credit default swaps, defaults, interest rate swaps,

What is a commodity swap?

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Keywords: hedging, energy, interest rate swaps, forex market,

Who is a commodity trading advisor (CTA)?

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Keywords: Futures, swaps, index funds, pooled investments, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), National Futures Association (NFA), single-stock futures,

What is Dividend Arbitrage?

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Keywords: capital gains taxes, ex-dividend date, div-arb, dividend arbitrage,

What is Dividend Selling?

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Keywords: dividends, dividend capture, ex-dividend date, record date, payment date, dividend selling,

What is Dividend Capture?

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Keywords: capital gains and losses, short term capital gains, short-term trading, arbitrage, efficient market hypothesis, dividend capture, ex-dividend date, record date, market psychology,

What is foreign exchange?

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Keywords: forward contracts, currency swaps, interest rate swaps, spot trading currency,

What is a Dividend Reinvestment Plan?

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Keywords: stocks, dividends, payment date, Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP),

What is the Lightning Network?

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Keywords: Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, atomic swaps, lightning channel, Charlie Lee,

What are credit derivatives?

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Keywords: risk, bond, derivatives, derivative, credit default swaps, tranches, credit,

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