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Investing

  1. Top 5 Mutual Fund Holders of Schlumberger (DODFX, SLB)

    Learn about the five largest mutual fund investors in giant oil services firm Schlumberger Limited.

  2. Monte Carlo Simulation With GBM

    Learn how to estimate risk with the use of a Monte Carlo simulation to predict future events through a series of random trials. ...

  3. How American Express Makes its Money

    Consumers like novelty, reliability, variety, and other subjective qualities. But what really keeps them coming back to American ...

  4. McDonald’s Vs. Burger King: Comparing Business Models

    Learn how Burger King is turning the tables on McDonald's, and adding another fascinating chapter to a story of one of the ...

  5. Investing in Foreign Stocks: ADRs and GDRs

    Depositary Receipts, such as ADRs and GDRs, are easy ways to invest in foreign stocks regardless of what part of the world ...

  6. Top 4 Mutual Fund Holders of Morgan Stanley

    Discover the top four largest mutual fund holders of Morgan Stanley shares, and learn if their investment strategy can help ...
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Personal Finance

  1. Home-Equity Loans: What You Need to Know

    We shed light on why consumers decide to use this form of debt and whether it is a good alternative to other financing options. ...

  2. Banker's Acceptance 101

    A banker's acceptance, a negotiable time draft a bank guarantees to pay at a predetermined date, is a common way of financing ...

  3. 5 Destinations That Are Warm and Cheap

    The longer this winter goes on, the more appealing a beach (or desert) sounds. Especially if getting there is cheap.

  4. Career Advice: Investment Banking vs. Commercial Banking

    Read an in-depth review of the differences between a career in investment banking and a career in commercial banking, including ...

  5. Portfolio Manager: Job Description & Average Salary

    Discover the duties and responsibilities of a portfolio manager, along with education, training and skills requirements, ...

  6. Retail Banking vs. Corporate Banking

    Retail banking is the visible face of banking to the general public. Corporate banking refers to the aspect of banking that ...
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Active Trading

  1. The Origins Of Common Currency Symbols

    Check out some of the world's most heavily traded currencies and their origins.

  2. The Darvas Box: A Timeless Classic

    This method helped its inventor turn $26,000 into $2 million. Many argue it still works.

  3. Financial Markets: Random, Cyclical or Both?

    Are the markets random or cyclical? Depends on whom you ask. We look at both sides of the argument.

  4. Patience Is a Virtue for Traders

    Waiting may be the biggest key to reeling in that trophy investment.

  5. A Guide to Day Trading on Margin

    Buying on margin is a good option if you don't have the cash to day trade.

  6. Trading S&P 500 Price Progressions: The Basics

    The S&P 500 futures contract works well as a road map for short-term market timing and direction.
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Forex

  1. The Origins Of Common Currency Symbols

    Check out some of the world's most heavily traded currencies and their origins.

  2. The International Fisher Effect: An Introduction

    The Fisher models have the ability to illustrate the expected relationship between interest rates, inflation and exchange ...

  3. How Forex Brokers Make Money

    Forex brokers set their prices based on commission, spread, or a combination of both. Traders have to be cautious in the ...

  4. Corporate Currency Risks Explained

    Corporate currency risks include transaction, translation and economic risks.

  5. Does Quantitative Easing (Q.E.) Add to Inequality?

    Learn about quantitative easing (QE) and whether or not this new central banking policy tool plays a role in helping or hindering ...

  6. How to Calculate an Exchange Rate

    Struggling to get a grasp on exchange rates? Here's what you need to know.
Hot Definitions

  1. Gross Domestic Product - GDP

    GDP is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period, ...

  2. Debt/Equity Ratio

    The D/E ratio indicates how much debt a company is using to finance its assets relative to the value of shareholders’ equity.

  3. Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

    A security that tracks an index, a commodity or a basket of assets like an index fund, but trades like a stock on an exchange.

  4. Net Present Value - NPV

    Net Present Value (NPV) is the difference between the present value of cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows ...

  5. Return On Equity - ROE

    The amount of net income returned as a percentage of shareholders equity. Return on equity measures a corporation's profitability ...

  6. Bond

    A bond is a fixed income investment in which an investor loans money to an entity (corporate or governmental) that borrows ...
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