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What is a Life Settlement?

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Keywords: cost basis, settlement, treatment, income taxes, viatical company, third party owned life insurance, Stranger-Owned Life Insurance (STOLI),

What is a Debt Settlement Company?

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Keywords: debt, credit score, credit ratings, credit cards, debt consolidation company, credit cousnelor,

What is a vertical spread?

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Keywords: bullish, bearish, options, net debit, maximum profit, maximum loss, options strategies, net credit, vertical spread,

What is the Investment Company Act of 1940?

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Keywords: mutual funds, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Hedge Funds, Investment Company Act of 1940, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), '40 Act Funds,

What is a Limited Liability Company (LLC)?

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Keywords: dividends, liability, Limited Liability Company (LLC), self-employment tax, piercing the veil, partnerships, double-taxation, sole proprietors, corporations,

What is a Merger?

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Keywords: horizontal merger, vertical integration, market extension, concentric merger, conglomerate, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A),

What is a Monopoly?

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Keywords: supply and demand, vertical integration, price fixing, free market, competition, market efficiency, Apple e-books, Microsoft, Standard Oil, antitrust, horizontal integration,

How Do I Know that Life Insurance Companies are Reliable?

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Keywords: insurance, estate planning, Moody's, Fitch, BBB, agent compensation,

Can I settle my debts for less than I owe?

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Keywords: creditors, credit score, debt settlement, FICO score, settlement companies,

What is Accounts Receivable Financing?

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Keywords: accounts receivable, inventory, financing, over-advance loan, payday-advance loans, factoring companies, debt collections, payment date,

What is a bull call spread?

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Keywords: portfolio management, long position, short position, options, vertical spread, call options,

How Does a 401(k) Work?

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Keywords: taxation, retirement accounts, broker-dealers, RMDs, ERISA, TPA, custodian company, participation rates, top-heavy testing, safe harbor plans,

What is Underwriting?

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Keywords: insurance, Initial Public Offering (IPO), securitized, investment banks, risk transfer, insurance companies, lending institutions, loan underwriting,

What is an Income Annuity?

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Keywords: annuity, life insurance, variable annuities, fixed annuities, longevity, insurance companies, joint-life annuities, mortality pool,

What is a bull put spread?

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Keywords: portfolio management, long position, strike price, short position, calls, puts, options, maximum profit, vertical spread, potential loss,

What is Mortgage Fallout?

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Keywords: secondary market, economics, Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO), production analysis, secondary mortgages, mortgage brokers, mortgage companies, production metrics,

What is Cash Budget?

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Keywords: bonds, accounting, cash flows, factoring companies, budgeting, cash roll,

What will Long-Term Care Insurance Cover?

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Keywords: medical expenses, insurance companies, long-term care insurance,

What are the Expenses Associated with Buying and Holding an Annuity?

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Keywords: annuities, fees, financial vehicles, insurance companies, mortality and expense fees, fund fees, rider fees,

What is Account Settlement?

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Keywords: credit card debt, settlement account, debt settlement company, account settlement,

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