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Pension funds operate by pooling the money of many investors to allocate into a wide variety of assets, including stocks, bonds, real estate, and other investment alternatives. Pensions are managed by professional fund managers that oversee a pool of funds specific to a certain group, such as a group of teachers in a particular school […]

‘Bitcoin vs. Gold’ is an increasingly popular debate in trading, investing, and market circles as people debate a classic store of value (gold) versus a newer digitized version (bitcoin).  Cryptocurrencies, with bitcoin being the most popular, have mostly been driven by speculation. However, as they mature and have more institutional adoption, bitcoin and others could […]

Cornering a market means to gain control over a significant portion of the supply of a particular commodity or asset, in order to manipulate prices to one’s advantage. This can be done by buying up a large quantity of the asset, or by controlling key production or distribution points.   Markets Where Cornering Occurs There […]

If you’re new to real estate investing, you’ve probably heard the term “net operating income” (NOI) thrown around a lot but may not be entirely sure what it means. NOI is a key metric that all investors should understand, as it’s a good indicator of a property’s profitability. In this article, we’ll explain what NOI […]

A collateralized debt obligation (CDO) is a structured financial product that repacks and sells existing debt as securities. CDOs usually consist of a pool of asset-backed securities, such as: mortgage loans, including subprime mortgages auto loans credit card receivables, and more The CDO issues separate tranches or slices of the bundled debt into different risk […]

Monthly dividends are prized because they provide reliable and consistent income. Dividends by and large are used to signal that a certain amount of corporate earnings are guaranteed. Stocks tend to be punished heavily when dividends are cut. And given most companies tend to grow their earnings over time and dividends become a more realistic […]

A current account in macroeconomics is a country’s net trade in goods and services, plus net earnings from rents, interest, profits, and dividends, and net current transfers such as foreign aid. It is the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of goods and services), net primary income (earnings on foreign investments minus […]

What makes for successful trading? There are many different theories, strategies, tactics, opinions, and ideas on what successful trading looks like. The goal of this article is to boil it down to a handful of basic principles to help both enhance returns and reduce risk.   What’s to be learned (or reasserted) from recent events? […]

How do banks make money? From the outside, banks can seem like more of a mystery relative to other businesses. For most businesses, they make money by selling goods and services. On the other hand, banks don’t sell traditional goods and work more with money and credit and use it to make even more money. […]

In this article, we cover all things related to the forward markets and forward contracts. What is a forward contract? A forward contract – often simply called a forward – is a contract between two entities to buy or sell an asset at a time and price specified in the contract. This makes a forward contract a type of […]