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GCat: Investments
MCat: Investment Basics
Cat: Investing Basics

Guides on how to invest wisely. Diversification. Financial planning. Advice, guidance, news, tools, reports and other resources for individual investors.

39 Resources
Basics: Asset Backed Securities [37313] ?

Explains what ASBs are - home equity loans, auto loans, student loans, credit card receivables

Basics: Bond Market [37320] ?

Where participants buy and sell debt securities, usually in the form of bonds

Basics: Collateralized Mortgage Obligations [37314] ?

Explains what CMOs are - focused on CMO bonds as traded in USA

Basics: Commodities Market [37332] ?

Nearly 50 pages of explanations related to commodities trading

Basics: Financial Markets [37323] ?

Approximately 200 pages that explain the basics of the financial markets

Basics: Fixed Income Securities [37318] ?

Fixed income refers to any type of investment that yields a regular (or fixed) return

Basics: Foreign Exchange Market [37325] ?

The financial market for the trading of currencies - also called Forex, FX or currency market

Basics: Forward Contract [37334] ?

Forwards, like other derivative securities, can be used to hedge risk

Basics: Futures Contract [37335] ?

A type of derivative contract

Basics: Hiring Financial Help [37331] ?

What to keep in mind when hiring financial planners, etc.

Basics: Investing in Bonds [37330] ?

An introduction to the fundamentals of investing in bonds

Basics: Investing in Mutual Funds [37329] ?

An introduction to the fundamentals of investing in mutual funds

Basics: Investing in Stocks [37328] ?

An introduction to the fundamentals of investing in stocks

Basics: List of Traded Commodities [37333] ?

Charts listing commodities, their main exchanges and trading symbols

Basics: Options [37324] ?

Types of options, valuation models, risks, trading, the basics of stock options (USA)

Basics: Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit [37317] ?

Explains what REMICs are - the typical vehicle of choice for the securitization of residential mortgages in the USA

Basics: Stock Market [37321] ?

Participants in the stock market range from small individual stock investors to large hedge fund traders

Basics: Swaps [37336] ?

A swap is a derivative

Basics: Understanding Asset Allocation [37326] ?

The top things for investors to know

Basics: Understanding Investing [37327] ?

An introduction stocks, bonds and mutual funds

Basics: Basics of Investing [38664] ?

For beginning investors

Basics: Collateralized Debt Obligations [37311] ?

CDOs, are created by banks that pool together otherwise unrelated debt-instruments, like bonds, and then sell shares

Basics: Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities [37312] ?

Explains what an CMBS is

Basics: Investing 101 [38703] ?

What you need to know

Basics: Investing 101 [39712] ?

A series of articles for the beginning investor

Basics: Learning Center - Investing Articles [37340] ?

Learn to invest in the stock market - a series of tutorials - includes technical analysis, indicators and more

Basics: Money Math - Lessons for Life [38434] ?

Knowledge and skills needed to manage money, stay out of debt, and save for retirement

Basics: OTC Bulletin Board - OTCBB [38718] ?

Displays over-the-counter (OTC) equity securities that are not listed on the NASDAQ

Basics: Portfolio 101 [37288] ?

How to design a successful portfolio of investments that work together to help you reach your goals

Basics: Silver as an Investment [13079] ?

Understanding silver investment vehicles

Basics: Stock Exchanges [38721] ?

Covers the basics of the NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ, OTC

Basics: The Stock Market Game [38420] ?

Gives students the chance to invest a hypothetical $100,000 in an on-line portfolio

Big Charts [13074] ?

Investment charting and research site

Canada: Investing 101 [38525] ?

Articles for the novice investor

CFA Institute [13066] ?

Global professional association for the investment industry

ICI Mutual Fund Connection [13077] ?

Enhances public understanding of the investment company industry & policy issues that affect it

Investor Words [13071] ?

Comprehensive financial glossary

REITs Guide to Investing [23958] ?

How to invest in REITs

Smart Money [13068] ?

The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business


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