FUNDING CURRENCIES
The currency that is exchanged for another. In a yen carry trade, the Japanese yen is the funding currency, which often has low interest rates. Japanese yen and Swiss franc have been the most commonly used currencies for this purpose because of their lower interest rates.
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Highly Leveraged Transaction - HLT
HLT is a loan provided from a financial institution to a company that has a large debt amount already. The existing large amount of debt only means ...
Form 5
A document that must be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by an insider who has conducted insider transactions during the yea ...
Countersignature
Additional signature from an official or professional on a document that has already been signed. Serving as confirmation or authentication, it is ...
Average Collection Period
The amount of time for a business to receive payments owed.
Primary Regulator
The state or federal agency with main supervisory responsibility for a financial institution. Banks and other financial institutions will have to f ...
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You are no longer happy with the current state of your home. So you are mulling the idea of moving out or remode ...
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 ...
Student Loans: Repaying Debts Faster
Student loans may not be paid overnight, but we want to pay it off in a fastest way possible. Is it possible?
Before anything else, one h ...
An Introduction to Stocks
Imagine this: you are a company owner, you get income but you don’t go to work, you just do what you want and the money keeps coming in. This ...
ECONOMIC CALENDAR
| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 11:00 | Ifo Business Climate Index | Jan | |
| 11:00 | Ifo Current Assessment | Jan | |
| 11:00 | IFO - Expectations | Jan | |
| 15:30 | Durable Goods Orders | Nov | |
| 16:00 | NBB Business Climate | Jan | |
| 01:50 | Corporate Service Price Index | Dec | |
| 02:01 | BRC Shop Price Index | Jan | |
| 02:30 | NAB Business Confidence | Dec | |
| 04:00 | Credit Card Spending | Dec |
