A.M. BEST
Recognized by the SEC. as one of the established ratings agencies. The traditional focus of A.M. Best is concentrated in providing the letter rating for insurance carriers. It branched out recently to financial securities such as bonds. The ability to fulfill its debt obligations is the basic measurement of a company. The ratings range from S (suspended) to A++ (superior).
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Commodity Trading Advisor - CTA
Individual or firm providing advice on buying and selling of futures contracts, options on futures, retail off-exchange forex contracts, and swaps. ...
Investment Farm
An acquired agricultural business operation with an objective to generate profit or make a tax deduction for the farm owner. Investors with investm ...
VER
Voluntary Export Restraint (VER) is a trade restriction on the quantity of goods that an exporting country is allowed to bring in to another countr ...
National Housing Act
Its objective is to make credit more obtainable to creditors for home construction and repairs, and to create a better housing available to low and ...
Condensed Financials
Summary form of a firm’s financial statements, which is done for reprinting and simplified viewing purposes. The document is comprised of a c ...
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Options Transaction Via Day Trading
Given so many concepts and terminologies in the foreign exchange market, anyone outside the field of finance may have a hard time coping up. Howeve ...
Health Savings Account: Introduction
In essence, health savings account shoulders any health- and medical-related expenses that are not included in the high-deductible health plan. Pay ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ethical Investing: Environmentally-Conscious Investing
Environmentalist or not, as an investor, you care so much about your surroundings. Hence, you invest in companies that can reduce their negative im ...
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