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Obama’s Help for Homeowners
President Obama unveiled his “Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan” today which aims at helping stem the tide of foreclosures, and
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Stock Market Tips
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What is Fractional Reserve Banking?
Fractional Reserve Banking is the banking system, where, banks lend more money than they really have. In fact, banks just
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What are TIPS?
TIPS are Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, and are issued by the US Treasury as a security whose primary objective is
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What is a Covered Call?
A Covered Call is an – Options strategy that is executed by – Selling Call Options on a stock that
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What is a money market mutual fund?
A money market mutual fund is a type of mutual fund that invests in ultra-safe or low risk securities. The
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What is a Target Retirement Fund?
A Target Retirement Fund is based on a simple principle – your portfolio should have more equity early on in
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How does China Manipulate its Currency?
China’s currency manipulation remarks by Mr. Tim Geithner hit the front pages of all major newspapers last week. So let’s
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What is a Bank Run?
AÂ bank-run occurs when a large number of depositors queue outside a bank, and ask for their money back. Normally,
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How to invest in Gold?
There has been a lot of discussion about Gold as an investment class and for people who are interested in
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