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Topics: Annual Interest and Debt Maturity | Bank Leverage Rules | Interest Rate Swaps | Treasury Bond Prices and Yields | The Yield Curve | LIBOR
Topics: The Beige Book | Debt Ceiling | Capital Controls | The Federal Reserve | Federal Reserve Open Market | National Debt | Quantitative Easing
Topics: Arbitraging Futures | Backwardation | Chocolate prices | Commodity Futures | Contango | Forward Contracts | Futures Curves | Futures Margins | Hedging Futures Contracts | Oil pricing
Topics: 10-K | Amortization and Depreciation | Book Value Vs. Market Value | Capital Structure | CEO pay | Earnings Bellweathers | Income Statements | Mark-to-Market Accounting | NCAA Two-tier system | NFL finances | Pensions | Tax Inversions
Topics: Dodd-Frank Act | Environmental Protection Agency | Executive Orders | Farm Bill | Gun laws, state by state | Indiana's Religious Freedom law | Insider Trading | Internet Neutrality | NCAA bylaws | Overtime Pay | Securities and Exchange | Strike vs. Lockout | Tax Reform
Topics: Bitcoin | Capital Controls | China-U.S. Currency Situation | China's Floating Exchange Rate | China's Currency Peg | Currency Carry Trade | Deflation | Hyperinflation | Inflation | Stagflation | Swiss Franc
Topics: Continuing Resolution | Consumer Price Index | Deflation | Debt Ceiling | Fiscal Cliff | Federal Funds Rate | Goldilocks Economy | Hyperinflation | Inflation | The Laffer Curve | Market Correction | Medicare and Medicaid | Producer Price Index | Recession | Sequestration | Stagflation | Social Security | Unemployment |
Topics: Stock Shorting | Market Capitalization | Alpha and Beta | Initial Public Offering | Preferred Stock | Front running
Topics: Accredited investors | Asset Allocation | Breaking the Buck | Closed-End Mutual Funds | Dow Jones Industrial Average | Exchange-Traded Funds(ETFs) | Hedge Funds | Hedging Investments Against Risk | Investing Basics | Money Market Funds | Open-Ended Mutual Funds | Variable Annuities | Volcker Rule
Topics: Argentine Default | Border Control | BRICS | Capital Controls | ECB'S Emergency liquidity assistance | EFSF | Greece and the Euro | Gross Domestic Product | The IMF | The IMF's SDR | PIIGS | Sovereign Debt | Vatican Finances
Topics: Bird flu | Ebola | Healthcare exchanges | Listeria | Immunotherapy | Obamacare | Obamacare minimums
Topics: Arbitrage | Capitulation | Circuit Breakers | Collateralized Debt Obligations | Credit Default Swaps | Denial of Service Attack | Dow Jones Industrial Average | Fair Value | High Frequency Trading | IPOs | Limit Up, Limit Down | Market Circuit Breakers | Mortgage-Backed Securities | Moving Day Average | Private Equity | Quantitative Trading Real Vs. Nominal Returns | Roadshow | Wells Notice | Witching Hour
Topics: Merger Arbitrage | Stock Dilution | Stock Price Behavior After an Acquisition | Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs) | Equity Acquisitions
Topics: Put-Call Parity Arbitrage | 'Long Straddle' Options Strategy | Options as Investments | Put Options as Protection | Reading Options Quotes | Put Options | Call Options
Topics: Auto ownership | Investing Basics | Investing vs. Paying Off Loans | Healthcare Exchanges | Investment Fees | Life Insurance | Obamacare | Obamacare Costs | Obamacare Deadlines | Student loans | MyRA | Saving | Retirement | Variable Annuities
Topics: Under Water Mortgages | Case-Shiller Home Price Index | REO | Housing Starts | Jumbo Mortage
Topics: The Alternative Minimum Tax | Carried Interest | Corporate Tax Inversions | Gingrich-Edwards tax loophole| Tax Deductions | U.S. Income Tax Basics | Tax Do's and Don'ts | Tax Reform | Wealth-gap Tax Fix
Topics: 4G | Airbags | Airplane Black Box Recorder | Autopilot | Cloud Computing | Denial of Service Attack | Drones | Email Encryption | Front Running | High Frequency Trading | Malware | Messaging Services | Net Neutrality | Santa Tracking | Self-driving cars | Streaming Music
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Get these newsletters delivered to your inbox, and more info about about our products and service. Privacy Policy.▲Bonds and Rates Explained
The selloff in the high-yield bond market has scared retail investors. Here's what experts say is going on.
Currencies Explained
The renminbi's elevation to the IMF's SDR basket means the pound sterling and euro will be losing ground.
The Japanese yen hit a 7n-month high on Monday, and the dollar hit a seven-month low. Can that trade last?
The 2 percent drop in the yuan's value has broad implications for the commodities market and global trade.
Economy Explained
Americans often check their receipts to make sure they've bought everything they need, and probably to see if what they paid this time is any different from the last trip. The government does the same with the Consumer Price Index. Here are the details.
The producer price index is a key economic measurement especially when it comes to inflation.
CNBC explains: What is a correction? How do they come about? What do they mean for the stock market?
Funds & Investments Explained
Protecting your stock portfolio against market volatility means diversifying into a wide array of sectors.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is still the granddaddy of all stock market indexes.
Crowdfunding has created new opportunities for accredited investors, but SEC guidelines are strict and may be changing.
Markets Explained
Here are the facts you need to know about stock market corrections—what triggers them and how long they last.
Little-used SEC Rule 48 is now a buzz word as the market correction has led to wild trading—and the need to control it.
It’s a good day to review circuit breakers. But when do they kick in and how do they work? CNBC explains.
Personal Finance Explained
The Democratic front-runner unveils her $350 billion plan today to alleviate student debt and make college tuition more affordable.
Before filing your Free Application for Federal Student Aid, you need to know exactly what you're getting into.
No matter where you are in terms of investment knowledge, investors all agree on one thing: don't panic.
Technology Explained
Virtual reality start-ups are raising billions, and consumer headsets are hitting the market. VR's promise is for real.
Google has patented a way for its driverless cars to communicate with pedestrians and others on the road.
The technological efficiency of terrorist organizations is on the rise, with many popular apps being co-opted by ISIS.
CNBC Explains
You'll be surprised at what the correlation has been between the high-yield bond market and the overall stock market.
For the Federal Reserve, voting to hike interest rates is really the easy part.
The selloff in the high-yield bond market has scared retail investors. Here's what experts say is going on.
