ACCREDITED PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING SPECIALIST
A designation for CPA’s that has completed the required course and passed the exams administered by the CFPBS. It enables all the accountants to offer personal financial planning services separate from services that may be offered as an adjunct accounting service.
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Piotroski Score
A discrete score between 0-9 which reflects nine criteria used to determine the strength of a firm's financial position. The Piotroski score is ...
Jitney
An illegal scheme where two brokers trade a stock back and forth in order to raise the trading volume and rack up commissions
An ...
Hedge
A strategy used to protect an investment against loss. A hedge often consists of taking an offsetting position in a related security, such as a fut ...
Preference Shares
These are company stocks with dividends that are paid to the shareholders before common stock dividends are paid out. In case the company goes bank ...
Channel Check
Independent stock analysis on a firm based on the information given to third parties. These are most frequently conducted through conversations or ...
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Principles of Trading: Introduction
Trading is an active participation in the financial markets. Those who partake in buy-and-hold investing are called traders. Also called market pla ...
Student Loans: Federal Loans
Most of the students mull over the idea of maximizing the federal loan availability first before borrowing for college through a private loan. Norm ...
An Introduction to Forex Currencies
As the biggest market in the world, the foreign exchange market or forex is also one of the most participated in the world. As such, learning about ...
Buying a Home: Writing an Offer
You’re down to the last four steps to buying your dream house. Now, you need to write an offer and the seller has to accept it. Take into acc ...
Defining Inflation
Inflation is the sustained increase in the overall level of products and services in an economy over a particular time period. Expressed as percent ...
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| 05:02 | Trade Balance | Nov | |
| 07:00 | Economy Watchers Survey | Nov | |
| 09:00 | Industrial Production | Oct | |
| 10:00 | SECO Consumer Confidence | Nov | |
| 11:30 | Sentix Investor Confidence | Dec | |
| 01:50 | M2 Money Supply + CD | Nov | |
| 02:01 | BRC Retail Sales Monitor | Nov | |
| 02:30 | NAB Business Confidence | Nov | |
| 05:30 | RBA Interest Rate Decision | Dec |
