Introduction To Money Market Mutual Funds
Investors interested in the money market can access it most easily through
money market mutual funds, but these vehicles do not let smaller investors off
the hook when it comes to having a rudimentary understanding of the Treasury
bills, commercial paper, bankers acceptances, repurchase agreements and
certificates of deposit that make up the bulk of money market mutual fund
portfolios. In this article, we'll show you how money market funds work and how
they can benefit you.
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Purpose of Money Market Mutual Funds for Investors
There are three instances when money market mutual funds, because of their
liquidity, are particularly suitable investments.
Money market mutual funds offer a convenient parking place for cash reserves
when an investor is not quite ready to make an investment or is anticipating a
near-term cash outlay for a non-investment purpose. Money market mutual
funds offer ultimate safety and liquidity. This means that investors will have an
expected sum of cash at the very moment that they need it.
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An investor holding a basket of mutual funds from a single fund company may
occasionally want to transfer assets from one fund to another. If, however, the
investor wants to sell a fund before deciding on another fund to purchase, a
money market mutual fund offered by the same fund company may be a good
place to park the proceeds of sale. Then, at the appropriate time, the investor
may exchange his or her money market mutual fund holdings for shares of the
other funds in the fund family.

To benefit their clients, brokerage firms regularly use money market mutual
funds to provide cash management services. Putting a client's dormant cash
into money market mutual funds will earn the client an extra percentage point (or
two) in annual returns above those earned by other possible investments
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Operational Details of Money Market Mutual Funds
Money market mutual funds are designed to offer features that are particularly
suited to the needs of small investors. Minimum initial investments generally
range from $500 to $5,000.

You can purchase money market mutual funds directly from brokerage
companies or mutual fund firms, just as you would purchase a stock or equity
mutual. As investment advisors, some banks also sell money market funds and
some even have their own proprietary funds that offer money market investment
opportunities. These should not be confused with money market accounts,
which are interest-earnings savings accounts.

Money market mutual funds also offer some simplified withdrawal features that
are more typically associated with bank or trust accounts. For example, money
market funds allow investors to withdraw assets by writing checks, usually of a
minimum amount, say, $500 per check. If the investor does not want to write a
check as a means of withdrawing funds, he or she can easily redeem shares by
requesting payment by mail or by remittance through a wire transfer to his or her
bank account.
Money Market Funds
For over 30 years, money market funds have treated investors well.
Money market funds have been around for over 35 years and are a very popular place for
investors to park their money. How popular? As of Feb. 21, 2007, 2.3 trillion dollars worth of
popularity!

Money market funds are a type of mutual fund that invests in short-term (less than a year) debt
securities of agencies of the U.S. Government, banks and corporations and U.S. Treasury Bills.
They are fixed at $1 per share and only the yield fluctuates.
Banks prefer you never hear about the 1000-plus money market funds available to investors.
These funds offer advantages that savings accounts, checking accounts and CD's can't beat,
including:
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High Liquidity
Money market funds are very liquid, meaning you can take money out of them on short notice.
There is no penalty for taking money out of your money market fund, unlike Certificates of Deposit
(CD's) that impose large fees for withdrawing your money. You can also write checks from your
money market account (typically three a month).

Low Risk
Money market funds are not FDIC insured, but they are still very secure because they are holding
very safe investments like t-bills. Government debt securities are considered very safe because
the government has the ability to raise taxes to meet its obligations. It is virtually impossible to
lose your principle in money market funds. To top it off, most mutual fund companies carry some
sort of insurance to cover your assets.

Competitive Yields
Your checking and savings accounts will have a tough time beating the yield of a money market
fund. Money market funds return an average of 4 to 6 percent a year, which rivals the return of
CD's. The interest is calculated daily, but only paid out at the end of the month unless you sell the
fund, then it is paid at that time.

Money Market Funds Widely Used
As mentioned earlier, about 2.36 trillion dollars of investors' money was in money market funds in
2007. If you sell a stock or a mutual fund, your broker or fund company will typically move your
proceeds into a money market account so you can collect interest. Also, when you open an
account with most brokerage firms or fund companies, your money is typically put into a money
market account until you are ready to purchase bonds or equities.

Money market funds are clearly a smart place to hold your money. If you are between
investments, saving for a house, saving for a vehicle purchase, or just looking for a safe place to
put money, I urge you to put the money in a money market fund. There is no reason to hold large
amounts of money at the bank.
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What is a Certificate of Deposit
Answer: A certificate of deposit ("CD") is a short to medium-term, FDIC insured investment
available at banks and savings and loan institutions. Customers agree to lend money to the
institutions for a certain amount of time. In exchange for doing so, the customers is paid a
predetermined rate of interest. Often, banks will charge a penalty fee if the money is withdrawn
from the CD before it matures.
The purpose of this Estimator is to help you understand your share insurance protection.
Bond Basics: Different Types Of Bonds
Government Bonds
In general, fixed-income securities are classified according to
the length of time before maturity. These are the three main
categories:

Bills - debt securities maturing in less than one year.
Notes - debt securities maturing in one to 10 years.
Bonds - debt securities maturing in more than 10 years.

Marketable securities from the U.S. government - known
collectively as Treasuries - follow this guideline and are
issued as Treasury bonds, Treasury notes and Treasury bills
(T-bills). Technically speaking, T-bills aren't bonds because of
their short maturity. (You can read more about T-bills in our
Money Market tutorial.) All debt issued by Uncle Sam is
regarded as extremely safe, as is the debt of any stable
country. The debt of many developing countries, however, does
carry substantial risk. Like companies, countries can default
on payments.


Municipal Bonds
Municipal bonds, known as "munis", are the next progression
in terms of risk. Cities don't go bankrupt that often, but it can
happen. The major advantage to munis is that the returns are
free from federal tax. Furthermore, local governments will
sometimes make their debt non-taxable for residents, thus
making some municipal bonds completely tax free. Because
of these tax savings, the yield on a muni is usually lower than
that of a taxable bond. Depending on your personal situation, a
muni can be a great investment on an after-tax basis.

Corporate Bonds
A company can issue bonds just as it can issue stock. Large
corporations have a lot of flexibility as to how much debt they
can issue: the limit is whatever the market will bear. Generally,
a short-term corporate bond is less than five years;
intermediate is five to 12 years, and long term is over 12 years.

Corporate bonds are characterized by higher yields because
there is a higher risk of a company defaulting than a
government. The upside is that they can also be the most
rewarding fixed-income investments because of the risk the
investor must take on. The company's credit quality is very
important: the higher the quality, the lower the interest rate the
investor receives.

Other variations on corporate bonds include convertible bonds,
which the holder can convert into stock, and callable bonds,
which allow the company to redeem an issue prior to maturity.

Treasury bonds (T-Bonds, or the long bond) have
the longest maturity, from ten years to thirty years. They have
coupon payment every six months like T-Notes, and are
commonly issued with maturity of thirty years. The secondary
market is highly liquid, so the yield on the most recent T-Bond
offering was commonly used as a proxy for long-term interest
rates in general. This role has largely been taken over by the
10-year note, as the size and frequency of long-term bond
issues declined significantly in the 1990s and early 2000s.

The U.S. Federal government stopped issuing the well-known
30-year Treasury bonds (often called long-bonds) on October
31, 2001. As the U.S. government used its budget surpluses to
pay down the Federal debt in the late 1990s, the 10-year
Treasury note began to replace the 30-year Treasury bond as
the general, most-followed metric of the U.S. bond market.
However, due to demand from pension funds and large, long-
term institutional investors, along with a need to diversify the
Treasury's liabilities - and also because the flatter yield curve
meant that the opportunity cost of selling long-dated debt had
dropped - the 30-year Treasury bond was re-introduced in
February 2006 and is now issued quarterly. This will bring the
U.S. in line with Japan and European governments issuing
longer-dated maturities amid growing global demand from
pension funds. Some countries, including France and the
United Kingdom, have begun offering a 50-year bond, known
as a Methuselah.
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You can buy some mutual funds (no-load) by contacting the fund companies directly.
Other funds are sold through brokers, banks, financial planners, or insurance agents.

BOND FUNDS: INVESTING IN THE BONDS MARKET. WHAT ARE BONDS?
Have you ever borrowed money? Of course you have! Whether we hit our parents up
for a few bucks to buy candy as children or asked the bank for a mortgage, most of us
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YOUR MONEY, YOUR SAVING
With banks falling like dominos, there's a lot of
worry about the solvency of financial institutions.

Some people are pulling their cash out of the
stock market and putting it into FDIC-insured
accounts, while others are hiding theirs under
their mattress.

Before you make any drastic moves, read these
answers to some common questions about your
savings.

Are there any safe havens left?
It sure doesn't feel like it. Even conservative
investments - like ultrashort- term bond funds
and a single money market fund - have lost value
recently.

But rest assured, your cash accounts are still
extremely safe. To shore up confidence in
money-market mutual funds after a prominent
portfolio "broke the buck," the Treasury
Department launched an insurance plan to
guarantee their value.

What's more, bank money-market accounts and
CDs are as protected as ever. While it's certainly
hard to tell which banks will eventually survive
this financial meltdown, your accounts are
FDIC-insured.

Finally, if you're looking for a safe option within
your 401(k), consider a stable value fund. These
portfolios often invest in a diversified mix of
short- to intermediate- term bonds that are
backed by different insurers. Plus, they've been
yielding around 4% lately.

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Even with the government stepping in to buy up
the crummy mortgage-backed securities that are
endangering the health of so many banks and
brokers, this relief won't be immediate.

It may take weeks for the Treasury Department to
put together a team to evaluate these bonds. In
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How Do I Buy Bonds?
Most bond transactions can be completed through a full service
or discount brokerage. You can also open an account with a bond
broker, but be warned that most bond brokers require a minimum
initial deposit of $5,000. If you cannot afford this amount, we
suggest looking at a mutual fund that specializes in bonds (or a
bond fund).

Some financial institutions will provide their clients with the
service of transacting government securities. However, if your
bank doesn't provide this service and you do not have a
brokerage account, you can purchase government bonds through
a government agency (this is true in most countries).

In the U.S. you can buy bonds directly from the government
through TreasuryDirect at http://www.treasurydirect.gov. The
Bureau of the Public Debt started TreasuryDirect so that
individuals could buy bonds directly from the Treasury, thereby
bypassing a broker. All transactions and interest payments are
done electronically.

If you do decide to purchase a bond through your broker, he or
she may tell you that the trade is commission free. Don't be
fooled. What typically happens is that the broker will mark up the
price slightly; this markup is really the same as a commission.
To make sure that you are not being taken advantage of, simply
look up the latest quote for the bond and determine whether the
markup is acceptable.

Remember, you should research bonds just as you would
stocks. We've gone over several factors you need to consider
before loaning money to a government or company, so do your
homework

Treasury note
Treasury notes (or T-Notes) mature in two to ten years. They have
a coupon payment every six months, and are commonly issued
with maturities dates of 2, 5 or 10 years, for denominations from
$100 to $1,000,000.

T-Notes and T-Bonds are quoted on the secondary
market at percentage of par in thirty-seconds of a point. Thus, for
example, a quote of 95:07 on a note indicates that it is trading at a
discount: $952.19 (i.e. 95 7/32%) for a $1,000 bond. (Several
different notations may be used for bond price quotes. The
example of 95 and 7/32 points may be written as 95:07, or 95-07,
or 95'07, or decimalized as 95.21875.) Other notation includes a
+, which indicates 1/64 points and a third digit may be specified
to represent 1/256 points. Examples include 95:07+ which
equates to (95 + 7/32 + 1/64) and 95:073 which equates to (95 +
7/32 + 3/256). Notation such as 95:073+ is unusual and not
typically used.

The 10-year Treasury note has become the security most
frequently quoted when discussing the performance of the U.S.
government-bond market and is used to convey the market's take
on longer-term macroeconomic expectations.
How to Get Funding for a
Business

If you're thinking of starting your own
business, chances are you're going to need
some money. Here are some tips to help you
get funding for a business startup!

Have a plan. Before you
approach anyone for
money, create a solid
business plan.
There are many
books that detail how to write your own
business plan, or you may want to hire an
experienced writer. People want to see that
your idea is not just a passing
daydream--that needs and risks associated
with it have been thought out!

2
Decide how much money you will need. This
depends on the type of business you plan
to run, and you may also need time to run
your business before you turn a profit.

Figure out how much of your startup funds
can contribute to your daily living expenses
until you are able to earn a steady income.
Your monthly living expenses should be
combined with variable expenses like food
and clothing for a period of six months and
presented in your business plan.

Determine the type of
funding.
Once you know how much
money you will need to run your business
you need to choose the best way to get that
money. Many entrepreneurs with excellent
credit should begin with a trip to their bank
to meet with a loan officer.

Other options for startup business needs
include:

Commercial Financing.
These loans assist with the financial needs
of a new business, including working
capital, inventory purchases, account
receivables and payroll. Commercial finance
loans usually require some assets to stand
as collateral.

Real Estate Financing. These
loans are provided to assist with the new
construction or the purchase of a building
for your book.

Equipment Leasing. This financing assists
with the purchase of equipment needed for
the business.

Small Business
Association Loans
. Though the
SBA won't give you a loan, they do help
guarantee a loan using funds provided by
the U.S. government to provide working
capital for small businesses. There are a
variety of programs available, but you still
need to get a loan from another funding
source.

Credit Cards. Many businesses are
built on credit, but you have to tread
cautiously here and be careful not to ruin
your credit by overspending.

4
Find an outside investor. From a "real"
investor to family and friends, explore other
routes of financing to help get your
business off the ground.
How to Get a Grant for a
Startup Business
Starting a business is a fulfilling, yet challenging
experience. The first step in starting your
business is to secure income for your startup
costs. If you cannot fund this yourself, there are
a variety of grants available to help you.


Write a business plan. To write a
successful grant you need a clear idea of the
objectives of your business. Ask a business or
management consultant if you are unsure how
to construct a business plan.

2
Conduct research. Look online for
grants offered by the federal and state
government and private institutions. If your
business is targeting a specific segment of the
population or a niche or specialist market, look
for grant-giving organizations in that field.
These are likely to be less sought after and so
you are more likely to be successful.

3
Check the eligibility requirements for each
grant. Shortlist the grants that are most
applicable to your business startup idea.
Contact the agencies and ask them to explain
the grant. Ask the agent any questions you
have. This means that agency is aware of your
name and idea before the application is even
processed. It gives you an indication of the most
important points in the application.

4
Write your application.
Make sure
your application specifically highlights how your
business meets the grant criteria. Address each
criterion on a point-by-point basis if needed. Ask
someone to proofread the application for
spelling and grammar errors before you submit
it.

5
Call the office. One week after you have
submitted your application, call and check on
the progress of your application. This reminds
the agency of your business name and purpose.
How to Write a Grant for a
Business

A business grant is a very important first step in
starting your own business. A business grant
could very well be the material you use in order
to get your business off the ground, the way that
you sell yourself to those who will be a part of
your startup funding.

1
When writing a business grant, you will need to
completely illustrate your business plan to a
potential funding source. Think in terms of what
your business mission statement is. What is your
business all about? What service or product will
you provide? Convey that in terms that an
outsider who is reading your business grant will
understand.

2
Next, you want to tackle your business goals and
objectives. What are you trying to achieve with
your business? Likely, you want to be your own
boss and make good money! But what else? Do
you want to own the biggest gym in town with
the most members?

The tastiest bakery where people can't help but
stop in for a cup of coffee every morning?
Identify and communicate your objectives
clearly when writing a business grant.

3
Use your business grant to explain why your
business is different, why it will stand out among
it's competitors. If you are starting a business,
you must think that you have some edge over
competitors for one reason or another; a
business grant is a place to put that difference
in writing. Use your business grant to portray
both the technicalities of starting your business
and the personalized details that will set you
apart from the rest.

4
Who is your targeted
customer?
This is yet another variable
that needs to be addressed in a business grant.
Describe who you will market your product or
services to, and how you will do it.
5
After detailing all of the business plan, the next
step in writing a business grant is to analyze and
describe the budget. How much do you need in
startup funds? How long will it take before your
small business begins making a profit?

You write a business grant in order to help
attract the attention and investing interest of
potential lenders. That's why it is so important to
be diligent in a business proposal about startup
funds and budgets.
6
Once you have a complete business grant
proposal, start approaching people, businesses
and government for startup assistance. Other
small businesses, large companies, government
funds, banks, etc...

The institutions you can approach for business
startup funds are limitless...especially once you
have a well written business grant.
How to Write A Grant Proposal
Letter

A grant proposal letter is usually used to initiate
funding requests with small organizations and non
profits that do not have a formal process set in
place.

1
If no prior connection or grant funding has been
made with the organization write a intro of the
organization your representing. Include what you
do and who you help. Also include a brief
organizational history.

2
If prior grant funding has been given by the
targeted organization, then let them know recent
changes and improvements.

3
All basic steps of a grant proposal should be
included but in a very condensed form. Such as:
need process, goals and objectives, key personnel
working of the project, and the evaluation
procedure.

4
In the letter of grant proposal make sure you
address what your project is, what must happen for
the project to get going, who will benefit from the
project and how long the project will last.

5
In your letter of proposal for your grant make sure
to include how much the project will cost and what
percentage of that your asking the organization for.
If possible tell them how the other percentage of
the project will be funded.

A list of fundraisers and other funders would be
beneficial. If the list gets long you can add a
appendix to the letter and just refer readers to the
grant appendix.

6
Write the grant proposal in first person, unlike
other forms of grant proposals this type is written
in a personal format.
Revolving Debt
. The most common form of
revolving debt is credit card debt.

There are two types of debt in the world of consumer
credit: installment debt and revolving debt.

When a lending institution extends to you a set amount
of credit and bases repayment upon a percentage how
much of that credit you borrowed, rather than basing
repayment on a specific time frame, it is called
revolving debt.

Interest Accrues on the Outstanding Balance
You have just received a brand new credit card in the
mail. You notice that the card has a limit of $5,000 with
an annual interest rate of 24.99 percent.

Interest does not begin to accrue on this card until you
utilize it. If you were to use the card to make a purchase
of $100, interest would accrue only on that $100.

Periodic Finance Charges
Assume you've made a $5,000 purchase. How much
interest are you going to be charged if you can't pay the
balance in full when your bill comes due? Credit card
companies make this determination based on a periodic
interest rate.

They take your annual interest rate, 24.99 percent, and
divide it by the number of payment periods, 12. They
then multiply that number by the total balance due and
the final number is the finance charge.

Example: 24.99 percent = 0.2499: 0.2499/12=0.021 $5,000
X .021=$105
$105 is the finance charge.
Minimum Payment Calculations
Most companies that issue credit cards calculate your
minimum payment based on a formula given by the
Office of the Comptroller.
The OCC's formula is Minimum Payment = Transaction
fees + APR (%) x Outstanding Credit Card Balance + 3% x
Current Credit Card Balance.

Your credit card does not charge
transaction fees. Your outstanding balance is zero and
your current balance is $5,000. Your minimum payment
on five thousand dollars would be one hundred fifty
dollars.

Minium Payment Payoff Time Frame
Paying off a credit card balance by making only the
minimum payments is a Sisyphean task. If you only made
the minimum payment on your $5,000 balance, at a rate
of 24.99 percent it would take you 317 months--more
than 25 years--to pay the balance in full. In that time you
would have paid more than $10,000 in interest payments.

Alternatives to Revolving Debt
Financial guru Dave Ramsey offers an alternative to the
use of revolving debt: Pay cash as you go. By
developing a systematic plan for saving for large
purchases, you won't run the risk of becoming
overburdened by credit card payments.

Revolving account-Credit-Debt
A revolving account is an account created by a lender
to represent debts where the outstanding balance does
not have to be paid in full every month by the borrower
to the lender.

The borrower may be required to make a minimum
payment, based on the balance amount. The most
common example of a revolving account is a credit card.

Installment credit
Installment credit is a type of credit that has a fixed
number of payments, in contrast to revolving credit.
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What is a 'Credit Default Swap
- CDS'

A credit default swap is a particular type of swap
designed to transfer the credit exposure of fixed income
products between two or more parties
. In a credit default swap,
the buyer of the swap makes payments to the swap’s seller up until the
maturity date of a contract.

In return, the seller agrees that, in the event that the debt issuer defaults or
experiences another credit event, the seller will pay the buyer the security’s
premium as well as all interest payments that would have been paid between
that time and the security’s maturity date.

A credit default swap is the most common form of credit derivative and may
involve municipal bonds, emerging market bonds, mortgage-backed
securities or corporate bonds.

A credit default swap is also often referred to as a credit derivative contract.
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Credit Default Insurance
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Loan Credit Default Swap (LCDS)
North American Loan Credit Default ...

'Credit Default Swap - CDS'

Many bonds and other securities that are sold have a fair amount of risk
associated with them. While institutions that issue these forms of debt may
have a relatively high degree of confidence in the security of their position,
they have no way of guaranteeing that they will be able to make good on their
debt.

Because these kinds of debt securities will often have lengthy terms to
maturity, like ten years or more, it will often be difficult for the issuer to know
with certainty that in ten years time or more, they will be in a sound financial
position.
If the security in question is not well-rated, a default on the part of the issuer
may be more likely.

Credit Default Swap as Insurance

A credit default swap is, in effect, insurance against non-
payment. Through a CDS, the buyer can mitigate the risk of their investment
by shifting all or a portion of that risk onto an insurance company or other
CDS seller in exchange for a periodic fee.

In this way, the buyer of a credit default swap receives credit protection,
whereas the seller of the swap guarantees the credit worthiness of the debt
security. For example, the buyer of a credit default swap will be entitled to
the par value of the contract by the seller of the swap, should the issuer
default on payments.

If the debt issuer does not default and if all goes well the CDS buyer will end
up losing some money, but the buyer stands to lose a much greater
proportion of their investment if the issuer defaults and if they have not
bought a CDS. As such, the more the holder of a security thinks its issuer is
likely to default, the more desirable a CDS is and the more the premium is
worth it.

Credit Default Swap in Context

Any situation involving a credit default swap will have a minimum of three
parties. The first party involved is the financial institution that issued the
debt security in the first place. These may be bonds or other kinds of
securities and are essentially a small loan that the debt issuer takes out from
the security buyer.

If an institution sells a bond with a $100 premium and a 10-year maturity to a
buyer, the institution is agreeing to pay back the $100 to the buyer at the end
of the 10-year period as well as regular interest payments over the course of
the intervening period. Yet, because the debt issuer cannot guarantee that
they will be able repay the premium, the debt buyer has taken on risk.

The debt buyer in question is the second party
in this exchange and will also be the CDS
buyer should they agree to enter into a CDS
contract
. The third party, the CDS seller, is most often an institutional
investing organization involved in credit speculation and will guarantee the
underlying debt between the issuer of the security and the buyer.

If the CDS seller believes that the risk on securities that a particular issuer
has sold is lower than many people believe, they will attempt to sell credit
default swaps to people who hold those securities in an effort to make a
profit. In this sense, CDS sellers profit from the security-holder’s fears that
the issuer will default.

CDS trading is very complex and risk-oriented
and, combined with the fact that credit default
swaps
are traded over-the-counter (meaning they are unregulated), the
CDS market is prone to a high degree of speculation. Speculators who think
that the issuer of a debt security is likely to default will often choose to
purchase those securities and a CDS contract as well.

This way, they ensure that they will receive their premium and interest even
though they believe the issuing institution will default. On the other hand,
speculators who think that the issuer is unlikely to default may offer to sell a
CDS contract to a holder of the security in question and be confident that,
even though they are taking on risk, their investment is safe.

Though credit default swaps may often cover
the remainder of a debt security’s time to
maturity from when the CDS was purchased
, they
do not necessarily need to cover the entirety of that duration. For example,
if, two years into a 10-year security, the security’s owner thinks that the
issuer is headed into dangerous waters in terms of its credit, the security
owner may choose to buy a credit default swap with a five-year term that
would then protect their investment until the seventh year.

In fact, CDS contracts can be bought or sold at
any point during their lifetime before their
expiration date
and there is an entire market devoted to the trading
of CDS contracts. Because these securities often have long lifetimes, there
will often be fluctuations in the security issuer’s credit over time, prompting
speculators to think that the issuer is entering a period of high or low risk.

It is even possible for investors to effectively switch sides on a credit default
swap to which they are already a party. For example, if a speculator that
initially issued a CDS contract to a security-holder believes that the security-
issuing institution in question is likely to default, the speculator can sell the
contract to another speculator on the CDS market, buy securities issued by
the institution in question and a CDS contract as well in order to protect that
investment.
What is a 'Derivative'

A derivative is a security
with a price that is
dependent upon or
derived from one or more
underlying assets.
The
derivative itself is a contract between two or more
parties based upon the asset or assets. Its value is
determined by fluctuations in the underlying asset.
The most common underlying assets include
stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, interest
rates and market indexes.

Derivatives either be traded
over-the-counter (OTC) or on
an exchange.
OTC derivatives constitute
the greater proportion of derivatives in existence
and are unregulated, whereas derivatives traded
on exchanges are standardized. OTC derivatives
generally have greater risk for the counterparty
than do standardized derivatives.

'Derivative'

Originally, derivatives were used to ensure
balanced exchange rates for goods traded
internationally. With differing values of different
national currencies, international traders needed a
system of accounting for these differences.

Today, derivatives are based upon a wide variety of
transactions and have many more uses. There are
even derivatives based on weather data, such as
the amount of rain or the number of sunny days in a
particular region.

Because a derivative is a
category of security rather than
a specific kind, there are
several different kinds of
derivatives in existence.
As such,
derivatives have a variety of functions and
applications as well, based on the type of
derivative. Certain kinds of derivatives can be used
for hedging, or insuring against risk on an asset.
Derivatives can also be used for speculation in
betting on the future price of an asset or in
circumventing exchange rate issues.

For example, a European investor purchasing
shares of an American company off of an American
exchange (using U.S. dollars to do so) would be
exposed to exchange-rate risk while holding that
stock.

To hedge this risk, the investor could purchase
currency futures to lock in a specified exchange
rate for the future stock sale and currency
conversion back into Euros. Additionally, many
derivatives are characterized by high leverage.

Common Forms of
'Derivative'

Futures contracts are one of the most common
types of derivatives. A futures contract (or simply
futures, colloquially) is an agreement between two
parties for the sale of an asset at an agreed upon
price.


The futures contract may in
part be considered to be
something like a bet between
the two parties.
If the value of Diana’s
stock declines, her investment is protected
because Jerry has agreed to buy them at their July
2014 value, and if the value of the stock increases.

A year later, July 31 rolls around and Wal-Mart is
valued at $71.98 per share. Diana, then, has
benefited from the futures contract, making $1.60
more per share than she would have if she had
simply waited until July 2015 to sell her stock.

While this might not seem like much, this difference
of $1.60 per share translates to a difference of
$16,000 when considering the ten thousand shares
that Diana sold. Jerry, on the other hand, has
speculated poorly and lost a sizeable sum.

Forward contracts are another important kind of
derivative similar to futures contracts, the key
difference being that unlike futures, forward
contracts (or “forwards”) are not traded on
exchange, but rather are only traded over-the-
counter.

Swaps are another
common type of
derivative.
A swap is most often a
contract between two parties agreeing to trade loan
terms. One might use an interest rate swap in order
to switch from a variable interest rate loan to a
fixed interest rate loan, or vice versa.

If someone with a variable interest rate loan were
trying to secure additional financing, a lender might
deny him or her a loan because of the uncertain
future bearing of the variable interest rates upon
the individual’s ability to repay debts, perhaps
fearing that the individual will default. For this
reason, he or she might seek to switch their
variable interest rate loan with someone else, who
has a loan with a fixed interest rate that is
otherwise similar.

Although the loans will remain in the original
holders’ names, the contract mandates that each
party will make payments toward the other’s loan at
a mutually agreed upon rate. Yet, this can be risky,
because if one party defaults or goes bankrupt, the
other will be forced back into their original loan.
Swaps can be made using interest rates, currencies
or commodities.

Options are another common
form of derivative.
An option is similar to
a futures contract in that it is an agreement
between two parties granting one the opportunity
to buy or sell a security from or to the other party at
a predetermined future date.

Yet, the key difference between options and
futures is that with an option the buyer or seller is
not obligated to make the transaction if he or she
decides not to, hence the name “option.”

The exchange itself is,
ultimately, optional. Like with
futures, options
may be used to hedge
the seller’s stock against a price drop and to
provide the buyer with an opportunity for financial
gain through speculation. An option can be short or
long, as well as a call or put.

A credit derivative is yet
another form of derivative.
This
type of derivative is a loan sold to a speculator at a
discount to its true value. Though the original
lender is selling the loan at a reduced price, and
will therefore see a lower return, in selling the loan
the lender will regain most of the capital from the
loan and can then use that money to issue a new
and (ideally) more profitable loan.

If, for example, a lender issued a loan and
subsequently had the opportunity to engage in
another loan with more profitable terms, the lender
might choose to sell the original loan to a
speculator in order to finance the more profitable
loan. In this way, credit derivatives exchange
modest returns for lower risk and greater liquidity.

Another form of derivative is a mortgage-backed
security, which is a broad category of derivative
simply defined by the fact that the assets
underlying the derivative are mortgages.
Limitations of Derivatives

As mentioned above, derivative is a broad category
of security, so using derivatives in making financial
decisions varies by the type of derivative in
question.

Generally speaking, the key to making a sound
investment is to fully understand the risks
associated with the derivative, such as the
counterparty, underlying asset, price and
expiration. The use of a derivative only makes
sense if the investor is fully aware of the risks and
understands the impact of the investment within a
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will be entered.
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A buy stop order is a market order that is activated when a stock hits a price at or above a
certain level. In essence, you
are telling the market you want to buy the stock regardless of price after it hits or goes
above a certain point.

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A buy stop limit order is a limit order that is triggered once a stock hits or goes above a
certain price point, but becomes
a limit order to avoid paying too much on a gapping stock. If the stock gaps above your
limit price, you will not buy the
stock
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GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR ORDERS
The following are some general guidelines for orders:
• Use a stop order when setting exit orders:

• To exit a long trade, use a sell stop

• To exit a short trade, use a buy stop and trail down as the stock goes down

• When setting entry orders, you will select one of the following order types:

• Market—If you want in right now

• Stop—If you want to enter on a breakout

• Stop limit—If you want to enter on a breakout, but are worried about a volatile stock that
may gap

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BULLISH AND BEARISH FORECASTS
Simply put, to make money in the markets, you need to buy low and sell high. It doesn’t  
matter if you’re using stocks or
options, or trading shares in IBM or pineapples; you need to buy low and sell high.


Conduct Fundamental Analysis
When you purchase a stock, that stock represents ownership. If you buy a share of a
company, it’s like acquiring a tiny
sliver of that company.

Think of it as ownership in the most literal sense: You get a piece of every desk, contract,
and trademark in the place.

Better yet, you own a slice of every dollar of profit that comes through the door. Of course,
the more shares you buy, the
bigger your stake becomes.

And in essence, you tie your fate to that company, for better or for worse.


Conducting what is called a “fundamental analysis” of the company behind the stock can
help you get the answers.


The logic behind fundamental analysis basically says: If a company has good
fundamental strength, then long-term
prospects for the stock are also likely good, therefore, this stock is a good opportunity.


In other words, fundamentally strong stocks have a built-in reason to expect them to rise
in value.

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MARKET CAPITALIZATION
How big is the company?

Market capitalization is a measurement of the total number of shares outstanding
multiplied by the price per share.

It is used to define whether a company is categorized as a small-cap (less than $1 billion),


Mid-cap (between $1 billion and $5 billion),  Or large-cap stock (greater than $5 billion).

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DEBT-TO-EQUITY RATIO
This ratio is calculated by dividing a company’s total debt by the total number of shares
outstanding, and is a variation
from zero and above.

This is an important measurement that can help you determine how the company is
capitalized (i.e., the degree to which
a company uses debt to finance its operations), thus identifying highly leveraged
companies.

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RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE)
ROE is a reflection of management effectiveness. ROE is calculated by dividing earnings
for a one-year period by the
shareholder equity.

This measurement can give investors a sense of the management’s ability to effectively
build cash from existing assets.
In simple terms: For every dollar the company has to work with, how much do they get
back

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WHERE TO FIND FUNDAMENTAL  INFORMATION
How do you get this type of information? You can get it from several different sources,
including your broker, your own
online research, and financial news sources. You can also get it through the following:


• A company’s prospectus—A prospectus is a formal written document that provides all
the material information about
the investment offering of a particular company.


It is the primary sales tool of the company that issues the securities (called the issuer) and
brokers or dealers that market
the offering for the issuer (called the underwriters).


The prospectus provides detailed, precise information about a specific securities offering
and it is also a legal document
that is written to protect the issuer
and underwriters. It serves as written proof that you were given all of the material facts as
they are set out in the
prospectus.


For that reason, you must understand
the disclosures being made to you, and that all other sources of information are
consistent with the content of
disclosures contained in the prospectus.

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Make sure that you are given a copy of the prospectus before you decide to invest and, by
all means, get help in
reviewing the prospectus if you feel you need it.
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• A company’s annual report—Annual reports contain basic information about a company’
s finances. You can obtain
annual reports from a broker, the company, or from the company’s website.
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• A company’s Form 10-K—This form includes detailed data such as audited balance
sheets, historical stock
performance, earnings, and other information. You can get this form from the company’s
public relations office or any
number of online.

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Use Technical Analysis to Determine Your Timing

Basically, technical analysis is about knowing when to make your trades…

when to buy, when to hold, and when to sell. It involves looking at the stock charts of a
company to identify trends and
patterns which can act as indicators to investors regarding where the Company stands at
that moment.

For example, is there support or resistance? Is there an uptrend or a downtrend in the
value of a stock? Are the trends or
patterns giving you “buy signals” or “sell signals”?


In other words, technical analysis is the discipline of forecasting future price based on the
study of current market action.

One of the basic tenets of technical analysis is the efficient market theory, which states
that everything that is known
about a company is reflected in the current price.


Technical analysis also holds to the theory that price moves in trends. If you think about a
trend as people deriving
signals from the actions of others and then following suit, you can see how this might
apply to how a trend gets started
in the stock market.

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Establish a Trading Discipline
This step in the investing process is about developing a trading plan and executing the
plan with discipline and
consistency. It’s about defining your investment goals and keeping your emotions in
check. And it’s about developing
and adhering to rules that fit your risk tolerance so you can make investment choices that
don’t keep you up at night,
wringing your hands with worry about the actions you’ve taken.

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KEEP A TRADING JOURNAL
One of the most important parts of this step is keeping a trading/investment journal.

Why? Well, as we just said: History has a way of repeating itself.

Obviously, if we’re going to repeat history, we want to repeat our successes, not our
failures.


We want to learn from our mistakes so we can avoid them in the future. If we keep track of
the reasons we entered a
trade, we can create rules that help us avoid taking the same actions if it was a failure or
repeat the same actions if it was
a success.

Your trading journal should consist of at least the following about each trade   you make: •
The thought processes you
used to enter the trade

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Use stop losses—This should be your number one rule. When you buy a stock, it is
because you expect it to do
something.

If it doesn’t do what you expect, then there has to be a point where you say, “It is more
important to me to keep my losses

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Exit Plan

• Always have an exit plan—When is “good enough” really good enough? Sometimes we
need help recognizing when
we should be happy with our profits and
get out.

And sometimes we need to be able to act quickly if the trade starts to go against us.
Having an exit plan in place before
you ever get into a trade and sticking to it can help.


It can save you from paralyzing indecision when you need  to move quickly, and it can
help you keep your emotions in
check when it’s time to take your profits.  

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Prepare for company announcements—Life is full of surprises, but we want to make sure
that our investments are as
free as possible from the kind of surprises that tend to make us lose money.


Fortunately, there are specific announcements that are easy to plan for, such as a
company’s quarterly and annual
reports.

Watch the news for your stocks and mark your calendars to indicate when you expect
announcements to be made

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Always set a stop loss, or make a mental note for just in case if your stocks fall 5% - 10% -
15% -- 20% whatever you set,
that you will get out. Create the discipline to have stop loss.


When trading always think about diversification, and money preservation.

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