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What Are Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)?

What are Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)? This summary discusses only Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) that are registered as open-end investment companies or unit investment trusts under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).  It does not address other types of exchange-traded products that are not registered under the 1940 Act, such as exchange-traded commodity funds or exchange-traded […]
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What are Real Estate Investment Trusts? (REITs)

What are Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)? Real estate investment trusts (REITs) allow individuals to invest in large-scale, income-producing real estate. A REIT is a company that owns and typically operates income-producing real estate or related assets. These may include office buildings, shopping malls, apartments, hotels, resorts, self-storage facilities, warehouses, and mortgages or loans. Unlike other […]
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What Are Money Market Funds?

Money market funds are a type of mutual fund developed in the 1970s as an option for investors to purchase a pool of securities that generally provided higher returns than interest-bearing bank accounts. They have since grown significantly and currently hold more than $2.9 trillion in assets, the majority of which is in institutional funds. […]
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What Are Mutual Funds?

A mutual fund is a company that pools money from many investors and invests the money in securities such as stocks, bonds, and short-term debt. The combined holdings of the mutual fund are known as its portfolio. Investors buy shares in mutual funds. Each share represents an investor’s part ownership in the fund and the […]
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What Are Stocks?

What are stocks? Stocks are a type of security that gives stockholders a share of ownership in a company. Stocks also are called “equities.” Why do people buy stocks? Investors buy stocks for various reasons. Here are some of them: Capital appreciation, which occurs when a stock rises in price Dividend payments, which come when […]
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How to Make More Money

How to Make More Money in 2015

Every year you should take the opportunity to reevaluate your investment accounts and strategy. Many people make the mistake of thinking they need a large sum of money in order to start investing. The most important thing however is to invest consistently regardless of the amount. Tony Robbins in an interview with Warren Buffett asked what […]
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How to become wealthy today and achieve Financial Freedom for life in 4-Simple Steps Featured in:   Could This Be The Most Powerful Wealth-Building System Ever Devised?  Dear Friend, Are you on the path to Wealth and Financial Freedom? Will you have enough money to live the way you want? How do you know? Unfortunately, only 18% of […]
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The Top 10 Financial Scandals in History

Financial scandals have been a part of history since the invention of money, and as the financial system gets more complicated, so do the scandals. But the common underlying factor is that people are in a position to take advantage of others, and continue to do so until they get caught, can’t keep up with […]
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What are Target-Date Investment Funds?

Target-Date Investment Funds During the past twenty years target-date funds have become more popular with investors. Target-date investment funds also known as life-cycle, retirement, or age-based funds were first introduced in the early 1990s. Mutual funds offered instant diversification by pooling money and investing in the major asset classes (stocks, bonds, alternative investments, cash). This gave […]
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