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Investing: Management

Stock Pickers: Three types of Stock Picking Investment Management

Stock pickers use three approaches for finding the best equities. These different manager styles look at stocks beaten down in value, stocks of companies with rapidly growing sales and earnings…

March 20, 2015
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Fundamentals: Derivatives

Integration of Technology in Derivative Products

Derivatives trading is supported by numerous computer systems to manage risk, account for positions on a mark-to-market basis and measure value-at-risk. A critical but often overlooked aspect of a competent…

Fundamentals: Stocks

Preferred shares explained

Preferred shares are stock in a company which have a defined dividend, and a prior claim on income to the common stock holder. Should the company wind up operations, preferred…

March 20, 2015
1 min Read

Investing: Markets

Inflation Machinations for the Nation

Leave the statistics to the statisticians: CPI (Consumer Price Index) as a fairly accurate measure of inflation. The “consumer price index” or CPI is regarded as a fairly accurate statistic…

March 20, 2015
4 mins Read

Investing: Management

Econometric Techniques

Analysts use statistical tools to try to model the economy and get an indication on interest rate movement. The resulting equations and variables are called econometric techniques. Econometric Techniques Quantitative…

March 20, 2015
1 min Read

Fundamentals: Bonds

Borrowing Money Through Public or Private Issues

Companies can borrow money either through the public debt market or through private placements. A “public” bond issue is approved by a securities agency that ensures disclosure of information through…