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MarketsBy Mike Price2023-10-10 16:29:48
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is a behind-the-scenes regulator that governs many of the interactions you have with financial...

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MarketsBy Lyle Daly2023-10-19 14:04:31
In the early days of Bitcoin ( CRYPTO:BTC ), one of the terms used to describe it was magic internet money. Although it's an amusing description, there's...

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MarketsBy Matthew Frankel2023-10-14 17:44:23
Stagflation is a term that comes from the words stagnation and inflation. It is used to describe elevated inflation that is accompanied by slowing economic...

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MarketsBy Adam Levy2023-10-10 16:06:10
Factor investing is a strategy for selecting securities based on certain characteristics that historically outperform the broader market on a risk-adjusted...

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MarketsBy Catherine Brock2023-10-27 20:54:14
Image source: Getty Images The asset classes have no teacher and no grading system, but they are the subject of an important lesson for investors. When you...

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MarketsBy Keith Speights2023-11-02 17:18:20
Marijuana use was legal for most of human history until the early 20th century. Between 1916 and 1931, 29 U.S. states banned the use of marijuana. The...

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MarketsBy Keith Speights2023-10-27 18:37:25
You have one goal when you invest: to make money. And every investor wants to make as much money as possible. That's why you'll want to have at least a...

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MarketsBy Adam Levy2023-10-10 16:10:22
Return on invested capital (ROIC) is a measure of the profitability of a company's investments as a percentage of its capital from debt and equity. It's a...

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MarketsBy Robin Hartill2023-11-01 23:42:59
COLA stands for cost-of-living adjustment. It's an inflation-based increase that's rolled out annually to all Social Security and Supplemental Security...

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MarketsBy Nicholas Rossolillo2023-10-25 20:46:40
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can be a great way to get started investing. These diversified funds are also ideal for laying a foundation for a long-term...

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MarketsBy Sam Swenson2023-10-19 14:53:12
Most bonds in the investment universe work by providing a stream of regular interest payments to the investor over the life of the bond. When a typical bond...

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MarketsBy Anders Bylund2023-11-01 15:54:13
Blockchain networks and cryptocurrencies have to validate their new data blocks against data from many different validation nodes. This can be done in many...

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MarketsBy Nicholas Rossolillo2023-10-31 18:47:53
Stock splits -- when a company decides to increase its number of shares outstanding by dividing existing shares or by multiplying share count and reducing...

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MarketsBy Mike Price2023-10-10 16:45:12
Value investing pioneer Benjamin Graham once said that in the short run, the stock market is a voting machine, but, in the long run, it is a weighing...

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MarketsBy Adam Levy2023-11-03 15:37:23
What is a Treasury bond? A Treasury bond, or T-bond, is debt issued by the U.S. government to raise money. When you buy a T-bond, you lend the federal...

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MarketsBy Mike Price2023-10-27 18:56:58
Image source: Getty Images Revenue and profit are two of the most important numbers to focus on for business owners and stock investors alike. Revenue is the...

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MarketsBy Lyle Daly2023-11-01 19:36:22
Investors often get excited when a major company announces a stock split. But are stock splits good for investors? Image source: Getty Images. With a forward...

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MarketsBy Catherine Brock2023-10-12 18:26:33
As it turns out, investing for the greater good can be profitable, too. That's the story behind the steep rise in ESG investing over the past several years....

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MarketsBy Nicholas Rossolillo2023-10-13 15:50:40
Carl Icahn is a legend in the investing world. The man even helped inspire a movie character -- Gordon Gekko from the 1987 film Wall Street. However, few...

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MarketsBy Matthew Di Lallo2023-10-12 13:55:22
Funds from operations (FFO) is a metric used to measure a company's recurring operating earnings. It's most commonly used by real estate investment trusts...
 
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