This video explores the relationship between oil and gas prices and the cost breakup for the price you pay for the gas at the pump. Source: Khan Academy
Financial Markets
J.P. Morgan’s $2 billion ‘Stupid Mistake’
The bad news from the financial industry just doesn’t seem to stop. J.P. Morgan has just announced that it has lost $2 billion and possibly a further $1 billion loss due to its chief investment office (CIO). This loss occurred … Continued
Volcker Rule
A proposal that bans banks from indulging in high risk speculative trading that endangers the deposits of average customers is being fiercely opposed by most banking institutions in the USA. The proposal which is on its way to its final … Continued
SEC Filings: Forms Providing Key Information for Analysts
To comply with the various reporting requirements, companies are required to file (complete and submit) various standardized forms issued by SEC. There are more than 50 such forms for satisfying different requirements. In this article we will list and discuss … Continued
Market Efficiency and Its Three Forms
In this video we will take a look at the concept of market efficiency and the three forms of market efficiency. Market efficiency is a very important concept for a portfolio manager. Market efficiency, a concept derived from the Efficient … Continued
Margin Trading – Purchasing Stocks on Margin
An investor who wants to take a position in a stock but doesn’t have enough funds can use borrowed funds to purchase the asset. This is called a leveraged position, and the investor is said to be using leverage. One … Continued
Equity: Types of Orders
This video discusses various order instructions that are supplied along with an order. The video also explains market orders, limit orders, stop loss orders and other order instructions. In the stock markets buyers and sellers interact with the brokers and … Continued
The Liquidity Problem
The Traditional View of Liquidity Within the U.S. economy, the central bank, officially known as the Federal Reserve (or the “Fed” for short), has been seen as the source of banking system liquidity. The Federal Reserve can alter the supply … Continued
CFA Level 2: Fixed Income Part 1 – Introduction
This tutorial is the first in two parts covering fixed income. The objective of these sessions is to build on the foundation created in Level 1 in order to establish a competency of valuing more complex fixed income securities beyond … Continued
The Process of Valuing Equity
Valuation: Relative vs. Intrinsic Relative valuation is an approach where an asset’s price attractiveness is evaluated in comparison to the valuation of like securities. For example, an analyst may calculate the justified P/E ratios for stocks in a specific industry … Continued
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