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Forex Investors who want to invest in tax exempt bonds can make municipal bond investments these bonds offer some tax incentives for the investor.
A municipal bond is a debt security which is issued by a country, a state, or a municipality to enable it to fund its capital expenditures. ... More >>
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Investing in agency bonds offers an investor a secure investment with a higher rate of return than other types of government bonds.
Most forex investors are familiar with U.S. Treasuries and savings bonds however a good addition to any investment portfolio is agency bonds. A knowledgeab... More >>
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Investing in convertible bonds is unlike investing in an ordinary bond as the convertible bond has the characteristics of both bonds and stocks.
Convertible bonds are bonds which are capable of being converted into common stock of a company. The holder of the convertible bond can exchange the... More >>
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Investors who wish to lessen portfolio risk and smooth out portfolio volatility should think be thinking about investing in high yield bonds.
High yield bonds have had a very bad reputation in the past and have been considered a far too risky investment for an investor to include in a portfol... More >>
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Helping traders understand the concept of bonds, interests and the interplay between the two.
Bonds are a type of forex market instrument where investors can make money on interest payments by lending money to governments or corporations. They are used as a way of raising money to finan... More >>
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The International Monetary Fund was set up to encourage and support international monetary cooperation as well as stability of exchange rates. The IMF also had a brief to smooth the progress and growth of international trade and at the same time make available resources to assist members overcome... More >>
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Like most people you would have at some point speculated what interest rates would be like in the future. For example if you have a mortgage you will probably have to renew the interest rate typically every five years. At the end of five years the mortgage would be renewed at the then prevailing ... More >>
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The one important fact about a bank note is not how pretty it looks and Swiss bank notes have been known to have been designed by distinguished painters in the past, but if the bank note can be used as legal tender. Most bank notes can be used as legal tender but those bank notes of a high moneta... More >>
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A swap is a financial derivative where two parties also known as counter parties enter into an agreement to exchange one type of financial cash flow for another type of financial cash flow to the mutual benefit of both parties. The type of cash flows depends on the type o... More >>
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Plain vanilla swaps as all swaps are derivative instruments that are traded over-the-counter. In other words they are not traded in an exchange but they are tailor made for the respective counter parties.
There are several kinds of swaps: interest rate swaps, currency trading swaps, commodity... More >>
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