INVESTMENT GRADE
A rating ascribed to bonds with relatively low risk of default. Rating agencies such as Standard & Poor’s use several designations that comprises of uppercase and lowercase letters ‘A’ and ‘B’ to denote a credit quality rating of a bond. Rates ‘AAA’ and ‘AA’ (high credit quality), as well as ‘A’ and ‘BBB’ (medium credit quality) are investment grades. Credit rating for bonds below these ratings such as ‘BB’, ‘B’, and ‘CCC’ are low credit quality and commonly called "junk bonds".
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Specific-Shares Method
Specific-shares method is a personal financial accounting whose purpose is to cut down realized capital gains for multiple stock or mutual fund pur ...
Voting Trust Certificate
Voting Trust Certificate is a document issued by the limited-life trust of a corporation, which is created to limit the control of a corporation to ...
Sample Selection Bias
Sample Selection Bias is a type of bias resulting from the selection of non-random data meant for statistical analysis.
Combined Loan to Value Ratio - CLTV Ratio
Ratio determining the default risk of a potential homebuyer if he would purchase a home using multiple mortgages. In general, creditors are willing ...
Contagion
Possibility a significant economic changes in a country will spread to other nations. It pertains to the spread of either an economic boom or econo ...
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A Primer on Retirement Planning
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Buying a Home: Everybody’s Goal
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Student Loans: Repaying Debts Faster
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