HARRY MARKOWITZ
A Nobel Memorial Prize winner who devised the modern portfolio theory in 1952. His theories emphasized the importance of portfolio, risk, the correlations between securities and diversification.
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Synthetic Forward Contract
Position in which an investor takes long on a call option and short on a put option simultaneously, with similar strike price and maturity date. Th ...
Reverse Leveraged Buyout
It refers to the process of a company that resumes its previously held publicly traded status after engaging in a leveraged buyout. The company may ...
Publication
It is an annual publication by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Its purpose it to update or to inform all the accountants on ...
Household Employee
A person who is getting paid to provide services within a residence. Examples are nannies, housekeepers, and babysitters.
Inflationary Psychology
State of mind which drives consumers to spend more quickly in the belief prices are increasing. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy because the v ...
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Ethical Investing: Knowing Human Rights and Workers` Rights
Ethical investors want to know how corporations treat people, specifically their workers. They depend on the UN Universal Declaration of Human Righ ...
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 ...
Starting Your Own Small Business: Choosing What You Want to Sell
Some people say that the only real way to get rich is by starting your own business. However, this is untrue; there are a lot of reasons to start y ...
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 ...
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.
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