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What are some examples of Investment Instruments I can use?
There is a wide variety of investments available for every kind of investor: Stocks, bonds, Mutual Funds, ETFs, Annuities, real estate, private equity, hedge funds, and so on.
The vehicles for these investments also vary widely – you can buy stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs, for instance, in a brokerage account at a major custodian, or an IRA or 401(k) offered through a retirement plan.
Annuities and other insurance products are often sold directly from the insurance companies, and often times banks offer vehicles and accounts you can use to invest.
What are the Basics of Stocks?
What does Equity or Security Mean in the context of Capital Markets?
What is an Annuity?
Annuities are financial products sold by insurance companies, and they are designed to protect against life expectancy
What Provisions Should a Long-Term Care Policy Contain?
Long-term care insurance policies can be structured in any number of ways, depending on your desired coverage
What is Form 4563: Exclusion of Income for Bona-Fide Residents of American Samoa?
Residents of US Territories will sometimes have to file their taxes with their resident territory as well as the US...
What is the Triple Bottom (Bullish) Pattern?
The Triple Bottom pattern appears when there are three distinct low points that represent a consistent support level
What is the Broadening Wedge Descending (Bearish) Pattern?
The Broadening Wedge Descending pattern forms when a currency pair price makes lower lows and lower highs, forming two slopes
What is Net Operating Profit After Tax?
Net Operating Profit After Tax (NOPAT) is a way to measure profits that excludes the impact of debt financing
What is the Risk/Return Trade-Off
There are investments which have the potential for very high returns, but they will always be that much riskier
What is Securitization?
Securitization is to turn an asset which would otherwise not be a liquid, tradable security, into one