Category: Investing

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Exchange Traded Fund or ETF is a fund that tracks an index, but can be traded like a stock. They are like stocks because they: • trade all day long…

Investors need to get an idea of what is behind the numerous figures of the quarterly reports. It can be hard for an inexperienced investor to understand the point of…