CONTINENTALS
Paper currency during the revolutionary war between 1775 and 1783. It was used in the United States to help fund the cost of the war but its value vanished quickly because no physical asset such as gold or silver backed the currency, igniting the phrase "not worth a Continental".
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Collusion
Non-competitive secret agreement taking place between two or more entities. They seek to disrupt the market’s equilibrium by changing the pri ...
Trade Credit
Agreement in which a client can defer the payment for products and/or services acquired from a supplier. Upon the delivery of the goods, the trade ...
Secondary Stock
Secondary Stocks are those stocks which are perceived as those that carry higher risks compared to blue chips due to the small market capitalizatio ...
Maturity Date
Date on which the principal amount of a acceptance bond, draft, note, or other debt instrument is due for settlement and to be repaid to the invest ...
Group of 30 - G30
Consultative group comprised of academics and financiers that aims to facilitate understanding of financial and economic matters in private and pub ...
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Connection of Inflation and Interest Rates
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Retirement Planning: Creating a Nest Egg
Last time, we discuss the different income sources for building a retirement fund. We shall now tackle the ways to create a retirement nest egg.
Ethical Investing: Its Advantages and Disadvantages
Believe it or not, ethical investing comprises a huge emotional component. Investors are human; therefore, they let emotions drive their decisions. ...
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 ...
ECONOMIC CALENDAR
| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Producer & Import Prices | Mar | |
| 11:00 | Industrial Production | Feb | |
| 14:30 | Manufacturing Shipments | Feb | |
| 14:30 | Wholesale Sales | Feb | |
| 14:30 | Retail Sales | Mar | |
| 14:30 | NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index | Apr | |
| 16:00 | Business Inventories | Feb | |
| 16:00 | NAHB Housing Market Index | Apr | |
| 04:00 | Real GDP | 1 quarter |
