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

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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

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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 if I Need the Money in My 401(k) Before I Retire?

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Keywords: retirement accounts, vesting, IRS, in-service withdrawals, early withdrawal exemptions, 10% early withdrawal penalty, Rule 72(t),

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 is a Callable Bond?

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

What is a Convertible Bond?

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Keywords: equity, Stock, bond, interest rate, convertible securities,

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 a Bond Coupon?

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Keywords: interest rates, bonds, bond, bond coupons, coupon payments, investment basics,

Is There Anything Else I Need to Know About Bonds?

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Keywords: fixed income, bonds, bond ladder, high yield bonds, bond funds, yield curve, interest rate environment, floating rate bonds, investment basics,

What are Housing Bonds?

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Keywords: 2008, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), subprime meltdown, muni bonds, Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), Mortgage Revenue Bonds (MRBs), Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT),

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 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,

What is a Bond Ladder?

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Keywords: risk, bonds, income, bond ladder, interest rate, coupon payments, bond portfolio strategy,

What is an Income Bond?

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Keywords: bankruptcy, bonds, coupon payments, corporate bonds, junk bonds, high yield bonds, cumulative frequency,

What is Duration?

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Keywords: fixed income, interest rates, risk, bonds, duration,

Who is a Bond Trustee?

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Keywords: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), fiduciary, bond indenture, administration, arbitration, trustee account,

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 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 a Corporate Bond?

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Keywords: interest rates, debt, corporate bonds,

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,

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