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Finance: What is Bankruptcy?
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What is bankruptcy? Deadbeats who can't pay their bills declare bankruptcy. Either they borrowed too much money, or the business fell apart. They t...

Finance: What is a Dividend?
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What's a dividend? At will, the board of directors can pay a dividend on common stock. Usually, that payout is some percentage less than 100 of ear...

Finance: How Are Risks and Rewards Related?
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How are risk and reward related? Take more risk, expect more reward. A lottery ticket might be worth a billion dollars, but if the odds are one in...

Finance: What Does It Mean to "Go Public"?
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What does it mean to "go public?" An IPO raises cash in the form of equity, usually, for investors. When public, a company exists under SEC dominio...

Finance: What is Equity?
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What is equity? It's ownership. A stock, not a bond. A common shareholder, not a debt obligator. When you own one share in a million-share outstand...

Finance: What is Common Stock?
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What is common stock? Ownership. Common shareholders own a pro rata slice of the pie. They elect the board of directors by vote. Some companies hav...

Finance: What is an Underwriter?
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What is an underwriter? Hit play to find out.

Finance: What is Liquidity?
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What is liquidity? Think: water. It's liquid. It can be squeezed into little, tiny spaces and infused into large spaces. A defining trait of liquid...

Finance: What is a Corporation?
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What is a corporation? Corporations are legal bodies. Bodies exist in various forms: LLC (Limited Liability Corporation), S-Corporation (now with p...

Finance: What is Net Worth?
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What is net worth? You own $100,000,000 worth of Coke stock. That's the good news. Unfortunately, you also have $90,000,000 in debt. Your net worth...

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What's the SEC? Easy. Seals Eating Candy. Or maybe Silly Elephants Canoodling? We can never remember. Guess it's time to watch this video and refre...

Finance: What is Efficient Markets Theory?
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What is the Efficient Markets Theory? The Efficient Markets Theory says that stocks trade at their fair value all of the time, assuming all informa...

Finance: What are Margins?
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What are margins? Margin refers to the difference between the actual value of stock owned and the amount the investor borrows from their broker. In...

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