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What is Arbitration? Arbitration is like court for the financial world. It is used to settle disputes between investors and their brokers. An inves...
check out some practical examples of inflation. And no, there are no balloon animals in this video. Sorry.
What is a Dissident Director? The Board of Directors of a company usually reaches a consensus the majority of the time in order to decide on polici...
"Safe harbor" refers to the notion that, if you follow a basic set of rules, you cannot be found guilty of a crime or shady dealings.
What does “Breaking the Buck” mean? Breaking the buck means that a money market fund’s value has dropped to less than $1. This happens becaus...
What was the Tax Reform Act of 1986? Hit play to find out.
What is Disinflation? Disinflation is a term used for an interim slowdown of inflation rate. For example, a reduction of inflation growth from 3.5%...
Market manipulation is manipulation of the, uh... market. Like...illegally. Yeah, any sort of "scheme" is probably something you want to avoid.
What is Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)? A CMO is a mortgage bond that consists of a large number of different individual mortgages bundle...
What are kickbacks? Well, they're things we don't get for working at Shmoop, that's for sure. Hit play to find out more.
What are At the Money, In the Money, Deep in the Money, and Out of the Money? At the money happens when a stock is trading at an option’s strike...
What are ascending and descending tops and triangles? Ascending and descending tops and triangles are used to describe market performance graphs. T...
What are Capital Markets? The most often context used for “Capital Markets” is in corporate finance and investment banking, and it refers prima...
What is Above Full Employment Equilibrium? Above Full Employment Equilibrium happens when an economy is basically doing more than it realistically...
What are Passive Investing and Passive Investors? Passive investing and passive investors are ones who opt to ride the market out over the long ter...
What is the Alternative Minimum Tax? Alternative minimum tax is a different way of calculating tax liability. It’s only available to some individ...
The Investment Company Act of 1940 regulated and ensured fair dealings in the mutual fund industry.
How are risk and reward related? Take more risk, expect more reward. A lottery ticket might be worth a billion dollars, but if the odds are one in...
Materials information is important information pertaining to a securities transaction.