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Investment PortfoliosModern Portfolio Theories Investment Strategy Practical Portfolio Management Info Diversification Ratings Activities Abroad Trading Markets

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

Corporate BasicsBasics Corporate Structure Corporate Fundamentals Corporate Debt Risks Economics Corporate Accounting Dividends Earnings

What is a Spin-off?

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Keywords: Initial Public Offering (IPO), conglomerate, subsidiaries, Transfer of Technology (ToT), divestment, split-off, exchange offer, spin-off,

What is a Reverse Stock Split?

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Keywords: Stock, liquidity, bid and ask prices, stock price, outstanding shares, stock exchanges, eligibility requirements, SEC reporting, stock split, stock merge,

What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

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Keywords: market indices, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), price-weighted index, stock split, domestic stocks,

What is a Bitcoin Fork?

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Keywords: Blockchains, Litecoin, hard fork, soft fork, Dash spork, chain split, bitcoin fork,

What is Off-Balance-Sheet-Financing?

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Keywords: balance sheet, debt-to-equity, liability, off-balance sheet financing, joint venture,

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 Operating Cash Flow (OCF)?

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Keywords: profit, cash flow, corporate finance, cash equivalents, Operating Cash Flow (OCF),

What is the Operating Cash Flow Ratio?

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Keywords: liabilities, cash flow, corporate finance, ratios, Operating Cash Flow (OCF),

What is the Risk/Return Trade-Off

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Keywords: risk tolerance, modern portfolio theory, high yield, efficient market hypothesis, high yield bonds, risk return tradeoff, alternatives, potential profit, return on investment (ROI),

How Long Will It Take Me to Pay Off Debt?

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Keywords: financial calculators, liabilities, interest rates, debt,

What is Mortgage Fraud?

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Keywords: reverse mortgage, second mortgage, misrepresentation, FBI,

What is Dividend Adjusted Return?

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Keywords: dividends, preferred stock, convertible, Dividend Discount Model (DDM), intrinsic value, Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), dividend adjusted return,

What is an Accelerated Share Repurchase?

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Keywords: dilutive, covering a short, short position, diluted earnings per share, Earnings Per Share (EPS), share buybacks, investment banks, short-selling, buy-back, accelerated share repurchase, premium,

What are Bitcoin Mining Pools?

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Keywords: hash function, Bitcoin mining, mining pools, Getwork, Stratum,

How Do You Mine Ethereum?

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Keywords: ASIC mining, hash function, hashrate, GPU mining, Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG),

What is Tokenization?

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Keywords: Ethereum, ERC 20, tokenization, the internet of things, microtransactions,

What is Bad Debt?

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Keywords: credit rating, creditors, Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (ADA), lenders, debtors,

What is Home Equity?

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Keywords: home equity, reverse mortgage, Home Equity Line Of Credit (HELOC), building up equity,

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,

What is the Homeowners Protection Act (HPA)?

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Keywords: property insurance, Loan-to-Value (LTV), Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI),

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