PORTFOLIO PUMPING
An illegal activity of bidding up the value of a fund’s holdings right before the end of a quarter, when the performance of the fund is measured. It is done through placing a large number of orders on existing holdings, that drives up the value of the fund.
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Closed-End Mortgage
Restrictive mortgage which cannot be prepaid, refinanced, or renegotiated without settling breakage costs to the lender. This is applicable to home ...
Robinson-Patman Act
Robinson-Patman Act is a federal law passed in 1936 to outlaw price discrimination. This is an amendment to the 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act and is s ...
In Street Name
Brokerage account where the client’s assets and securities are held under the name of the brokerage, not the individual owner. Although the c ...
SWS
Syndrome afflicting individuals with new or sudden wealth, causing an individual stress. Its symptoms include feelings of guilt over good fortune, ...
Trust Property
Assets placed under a trust agreement between a trustor and trustee for a beneficiary. It includes any type of asset such as cash, life insurance p ...
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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 ...
Digesting Financial Statements: Long-Lasting Assets
Long-lived assets, also known as non-current assets, is any asset a company expects to keep for at least one year. Such assets are expected to boos ...
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 ...
An Introduction to Forex Currencies
As the biggest market in the world, the foreign exchange market or forex is also one of the most participated in the world. As such, learning about ...
Getting to Know The Federal Reserve
The world’s largest economy in the world is the economy of the United States and running it, keeping it in check, and making sure that it doe ...
ECONOMIC CALENDAR
| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 02:00 | MI Inflation Gauge | Nov | |
| 02:30 | Retail Sales | Oct | |
| 02:30 | ANZ Jobs Advertisements | Nov | |
| 02:30 | Building Approvals | Oct | |
| 02:30 | Company Operating Profits | 3 quarter | |
| 02:30 | PMI Manufacturing | Nov | |
| 03:45 | Markit Final Manufacturing PMI | Nov | |
| 07:30 | Commodity Prices | Nov | |
| 09:00 | Nationwide House Price Index | Nov |
