INVESTMENT ADVISOR
An individual or a group that gives investment advice or recommendations or regulates securities analysis in exchange for a fee, either via managing client assets or through written publications, as specified in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. An investment advisor with enough assets and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is called a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). Investment advisors are not permitted from giving deceitful or fraudulent advice, as well as from serving as principal on their own accounts by acquiring and selling securities between themselves and a client without prior written permission. Also called financial advisor.
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Position
It refers to the amount of security either owned or borrowed by a person or a dealer. It’s basically a trade that an investor currently holds ...
Centrally Planned Economy
Economic system in which the state or government make economic decisions. It aims to regulate what is produced and how resources are used and distr ...
Debtor Nation
A nation with a cumulative balance of payments deficit. A debtor nation has negative net investment after recording all of the financial transactio ...
Fool In The Shower
The notion that policies designed to change the economy’s course should be done slowly, instead of all at once. The phrase is attributed to N ...
Discounted Cash Flow - DCF
A valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of an investment opportunity. Discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis uses future free cash flow ...
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Retirement Planning: Maximizing the Power of Compounding
“The early bird catches the worm.” – William Camden
A Guide to Your Personal Income Tax: Basics
For many filing your personal income tax is one of the most frustrating things to do. However, by planning ahead and pacing yourself, doing your ta ...
Principles of Trading: Leverage and Margin
All novice and seasoned traders need to befriend these two great tools to achieve success in trading: leverage and margin.
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The Concepts of Economics: Scarcity
To fully grasp the essence of what economics is, we must first understand the concept of scarcity along with the branches of study under economics ...
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. ...
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