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Defining Your Business Model For Dummies

A business model isn’t something you build from the ground up. When management-types ask about a business model as in, So what’s your business

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Types of Bonds

Discussion Boards By Robert Brokamp Bonds are known as fixed-income securities because the amount of income the bond will generate each year is fixed,

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a-critical-evaluation-of-japanese-accounting_2 A Critical Evaluation of Japanese Accounting Changes Since 1997

The world does not trust financial reporting by Japanese companies. A series of bankruptcies and financial scandals in the 1990s shocked both the domestic

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stock-pickers-dig-for-hidden-gems-the-globe-and_1 Stock pickers dig for hidden gems The Globe and Mail

Stock picking has some of the qualities of a treasure hunt. The goal is to find stocks that others have not seen — or

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Mutual Fund Owner s Guide

Discussion Boards It probably wasn’t very heartening to hear in our opener that the vast majority of mutual funds underperform the average return of

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How I Value Financial Companies

Valuing financial companies (think insurance companies and banks) has always been a bit of a sore point for me because they don’t generate revenues.

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A currency swap is used by companies to hedge the exposure to foreign currency loans for operations

A currency swap is used by companies to hedge the exposure to foreign currency loans for operations or to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities

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NAIC Capital Markets Weekly Special Report

Insights into the Insurance Industrys Derivatives Exposure Derivative instruments are reported in Schedule DB of the quarterly and annual financial statements of insurance companies.

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Stock Trading Basics

An understanding of the basics is vital for any new stock trader. By the time many investors begin to dabble in the markets, they’re

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The Risks of Corporate Bonds

You can opt-out at any time. Please refer to our privacy policy for contact information. While most investors are undoubtedly aware that corporate bonds

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