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Occurrence in which the current futures price of a commodity is higher than the expected current spot price of the underlying asset. It is a situation where the future spot price is lower than the current price, and individuals are willing to pay more for an asset in the future. This may be because people prefer paying a premium to have the commodity in the future over paying the storage and carry costs of purchasing it today.
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Specific-Shares Method
Specific-shares method is a personal financial accounting whose purpose is to cut down realized capital gains for multiple stock or mutual fund pur ...
Voting Trust Certificate
Voting Trust Certificate is a document issued by the limited-life trust of a corporation, which is created to limit the control of a corporation to ...
Sample Selection Bias
Sample Selection Bias is a type of bias resulting from the selection of non-random data meant for statistical analysis.
Combined Loan to Value Ratio - CLTV Ratio
Ratio determining the default risk of a potential homebuyer if he would purchase a home using multiple mortgages. In general, creditors are willing ...
Contagion
Possibility a significant economic changes in a country will spread to other nations. It pertains to the spread of either an economic boom or econo ...
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Retirement Planning: Maximizing the Power of Compounding
“The early bird catches the worm.” – William Camden
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 ...
Macroeconomics: A Brief History
Macroeconomics is a branch of study under Economics that deals with the economy’s growth and the way it behaves. It examines nationwide pheno ...
Inflation and Investments
“How does inflation affect my investments?”
Most investors ask this question, particul ...
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