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Study Techniques for CFA Exam
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4 Jobs for the Mathmatically-Minded Individual with an Accou...
If your love of math inspired you to get an accounting degree, then you should put your love of numbers to good use. Th...
Cross Hedging Commodities
There are cases where it is not possible to find futures contracts on a particular underlying in order to hedge the expo...
5 Ways to Budget But Still Enjoy Some of the Finer Things
The finer things in life often come with the higher price tags, which is why people on a budget feel that they must den...
Define and Compute a Commodity Spread
A spread position is one where trading takes places on many contracts on the same or related commodity. If the price bet...
Overview of Municipal Bonds
We learned about the securities issued by the central government of a country (such as US Treasury). Along with that the...
How to Take the Long View With Your Investments
On any given day, the stock market could earn you a fortune or cost you your retirement. And then the next day, it coul...
Business Cut Tuition Reimbursement? No Problem. 5 Educationa...
A few years ago, before the economy turned south, companies liberally offered employees tuition reimbursement programs. ...
Operational Risk Losses in Practice
Over the past few years, operational risk has gained much attention in the financial services industry. This is partiall...
How Companies Choose Their Risk Profile
Once a company's firm-wide risks are identified and measured, the question becomes "What is the bet risk profile for the...
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs)
Collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) are a type of mortgage-backed security that is created with the prime motive ...
Q1 Green Energy Investment Hits Lowest Levels Since 2009
Investment in green energy projects globally has hit its lowest figure in four years for the first quarter of 2013, acc...
What are Bitcoins?
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Collateralized Mortgage Obligations and Prepayment Risk
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations are a type of Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), which is separate from the entity that ...
Mortgage Pass-through Securities
Mortgage-backed securities are one of the many financial innovations born in the US financial markets. The mortgage-back...
Alternative Risk Transfer (The ART Market)
Alternative Risk Transfer, or ART, is an alternative from of insurance where a company can transfer risk without usi...
Strip Hedge and Stack Hedge in Commodities Market
The concept of hedging in commodities markets is the same as in the financial markets and that is to mitigate the exposu...
Equilibrium Formula for Pricing Commodity Forwards
The forward price of a commodity is calculated much along the lines of that of a financial product except for the fact t...
Federal Agency Securities
In any country, the central government can create an agency or a separate organization that issues bonds for its various...
Overview of U.S. Treasury Securities
The United State's Treasury issues various types of securities known as US Treasury securities. These securities are bac...
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