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What Are Corporate Bonds?

Corporate Bonds (also called corporates) are debt obligations, or IOUs, issued by private and public corporations. They are typically issued in multiples of $1,000 and/or $5,000. Companies use the funds they raise from selling bonds for a variety of purposes,…

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Beating Inflation Possible With Stock Index Funds

One of the best, though little practiced, ways to outrun a mild loss of purchasing power is through stock index funds. Taylor Larimore and his wife Pat believe in low-cost index funds, although it took an experience with a stockbroker…

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Understanding Interest-Rate Risks and Yields

Like all bonds, corporates tend to rise in value when interest rates fall, and they fall in value when interest rates rise. Usually the longer the maturity, the greater the degree of price volatility. By holding a bond until maturity,…

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Top Basic Facts that you need to know to Invest

Interest Payments Corporate bond interest is usually paid semiannually. Zero-coupon bonds pay no periodic interest. Forms of Issuance Corporate bonds are issued in several forms: Registered Bonds: Some corporate bonds are issued as certificates, with the owner’s name printed on…

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Types of Fixed Income Securities

There are a few types of Fixed Income Securities. Corporate Bonds Corporate bonds (also called corporates) are debt obligations, or IOUs, issued by private and public corporations. They are typically issued in multiples of $1,000 and/or $5,000. Companies use the…

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Basics of stock market

Financial markets provide their participants with the most favourable conditions for purchase/sale of financial instruments they have inside. Their major functions are: guaranteeing liquidity, forming assets prices within establishing proposition and demand and decreasing of operational expenses, incurred by the…

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Getting to know investment process

The key point of investing funds is minimizing risks and getting income. To know more, it is important to distinguish between different processes investment comprises. We begin with the simplest terms, yet most likely unknown for the majority of the…

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Mutual Funds and Index Funds

Buy an index fund. Approximately 80% of mutual funds underperform the average return of the stock market. Here’s something else you need to know about mutual funds. We know you probably don’t want to spend hours learning about the intricacies…

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What are private equity investments

Private equity investments are capital invested in public, but more typically private, companies on a private placement basis and are not available in the public markets. Private equity investments run the gamut of corporate finance strategies, ranging from financing of…