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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

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 Yield Curve?

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Keywords: fixed income, interest rates, bonds, yield curve, inverted,

What is an Inverted Yield Curve?

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Keywords: treasury bonds, price to yield, flight to safety,

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 is the Law of Supply?

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Keywords: supply and demand, supply curve, demand curve, market equilibrium, supply shift,

What is Yield to Maturity?

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Keywords: bonds, zero-coupon bond, yield to call, yield to maturity, investment basics, bond maturity, bond yield,

What is the Law of Demand?

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Keywords: price, quantity, economic theory, inelastic demand, demand curve shift,

What is standard deviation?

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Keywords: standard deviation, variance, correlation, probability, normal distribution curve, bell curve, absolute value,

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,

What are Current Yields?

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Keywords: bond, market price, interest rate, yield, current yield, yield to maturity, bond yield, ytm,

What is Annual Percentage Yield (APY)?

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Keywords: savings, interest rates, debt, loan interest, agreement, yield, checking account,

What is Dividend Yield?

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Keywords: dividend yield, equities, cash flow,

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 “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,

What is a Dividend ETF?

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Keywords: dividends, taxation, equity, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), ETF, high yield, capital appreciation, Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP), dividend ETFs,

What is a Dividend Rate?

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Keywords: dividends, corporate bonds, preferred stock, dividend yield, common stock, dividend rate, dividend growth rate,

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 Dividend Frequency?

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Keywords: income, dividend yield, Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP), dividend frequency,

What Percentage and What Kind of Bonds Should I Have in My Portfolio?

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Keywords: fixed income, asset allocation, bonds, high yield, investment basics,

What Does Opportunity Cost Mean?

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Keywords: risk, U.S. Treasuries, risk free rate, opportunity cost, investment yield,

BB+/Ba1 — credit rating

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Keywords: junk bonds, S&P, high yield bonds, Moody's, Fitch, AAA-rating, BBB, investment grade bonds, Credit Rating Agencies (CRA),

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