INITIAL CLAIMS
Measure of the number of unemployment claims filed by individuals who seek to receive state jobless benefits. Financial analysts closely monitor this report because it gives insight into the economy’s direction. Higher initial claims denote weakening economy.
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Market Exposure
Amount of funds invested in a particular asset, and/or market sector or industry, which is expressed as percentage of total portfolio holdings. Hen ...
Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency - OCC
A federal agency in the U.S that serves to regulate, supervise, and charter national banks and the federal branches and agencies of foreign banks. ...
Long Tail
Refers to products with low demand or low sales volume can collectively create a market share that contends or surpasses more or less less present ...
PowerShares
A family of numerous domestic and international exchange-traded funds managed by the investment management company Invesco Ltd.
Founded i ...
Asset Valuation Reserve
It is the required capital that is needed to be set aside that will be used in case there is a need to cover unexpected debts of the company. It is ...
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An Introduction to Insurance
Most people in the world own insurance. Insurance take a lot of forms such as medical insurance, automobile insurance, and the most common of them ...
Ethical Investing: Activism and Advocacy of Shareholders
Activist investors are not contented with just purchasing stocks and supporting its actions or decisions. They want to change the norms of targeted ...
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.
A Guide to Becoming a Finance Expert
Wouldn’t it be nice not having to rely on another person when managing your funds? Aside from the added convenience it brings, being able to ...
Principles of Trading: Charting
Where can you see market movements? Charts. Thanks to technology, traders can view as many market information as they can in one go. But not all ch ...
ECONOMIC CALENDAR
| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | Economy Watchers Survey | Jul | |
| 10:30 | Sentix Investor Confidence | Aug | |
| 01:01 | BRC Retail Sales Monitor | Jul | |
| 03:30 | NAB Business Confidence | Jul | |
| 06:30 | RBA Interest Rate Decision | Aug | |
| 06:30 | RBA Monetary Policy Statement | ||
| 06:30 | RBA Monetary Policy Statement | ||
| 10:00 | Trade Balance | Jun | |
| 12:00 | NFIB Small Business Index | Jul |


