SUBPRIME MARKET
Marketplace for lenders, investment bankers, mortgage brokers, warehouse lenders, and borrowers of a subprime credit, a credit designed for individuals with questionable or limited credit histories. It entails subprime mortgages, subprime credit cards, and subprime credit cards, as well as several securitization products which utilizes subprime debt as collateral.
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Risk-Weighted Assets
In terms of the minimum amount of capital that is required within banks and other institutions, based on a percentage of the assets, weighted by ri ...
Pigovian Tax
A special tax that is imposed on companies that pollute the environment, which is called negative externalities. Sin tax is a Pigovian tax, which i ...
Moving Average Convergence Divergence - MACD
A trend-following indicator that exhibits the relationship between two smoothed moving averages of prices. To compute, subtract the 26-day exponent ...
Golden Life Jacket
Compensation package offered by the acquiring firm to top executives of the company being acquired. The same with stay bonus, it aims to retain tho ...
Bank Insurance Fund - BIF
Unit of the FDIC providing protections to the insurance for the banks that are not classified as a savings and loan association.
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A Guide to Your Personal Income Tax: Common Filing Mistakes
Failure to file the return on time is the most common mistake committed by taxpayers. Here are some of the other mistakes, which can cost you a lot ...
Ethical Investing: Niche Investment Style
Over the past two years, sustainable, responsible, and impact investing (SRI) has grown significantly in the United States. Based on the US SIF Fou ...
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 ...
An Introduction to Stocks
Imagine this: you are a company owner, you get income but you don’t go to work, you just do what you want and the money keeps coming in. This ...
Principles of Trading: Introduction
Trading is an active participation in the financial markets. Those who partake in buy-and-hold investing are called traders. Also called market pla ...
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