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Articles covering a range of finance related topics.

SEED ETF – Total Returns
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How to Invest in Marijuana ETFs
LABU v/s IBB ETF Comparison
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Direxion ETFs – 5 Key Things to Know Before Investing
Fintech Stock Trading firms disrupting traditional models of trading commissions -fees
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Trading Commissions – Which Structure Saves You Money
TLT - 5-yr Returns - 0.03 percent
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How to Use Treasury ETFs to offset the Pain of Bear Markets
Index Funds
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5 Reasons to Invest in Index Funds
dividend investing vs non-dividend investing
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The Power of Compound Returns
Motifs Feedback
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How to Make Money with your Own Motif
Investing in an existing motif
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How to Create a Motif?
European ETFs Performance
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How Have European ETFs performed after Brexit
AQR Managed Futures Strategy HV Fund
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Top 3 Managed Futures Funds
Snapchat (SNAP) IPO day trading
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How to Trade Tech IPOs: 3 Real-World Examples
Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3x ETF (YINN)
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How China ETFs measure up Against Other Emerging Markets
United Health (UNH)
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Performance of Health Care Stocks as a result of Obamacare
IJH vs. DOD ETF Comparison
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Dogs of the Dow versus the S&P400 Mid-Cap
CAN SLIM Stock strategy returns (Source - AAII)
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How to Use CANSLIM to Pick Explosive Stocks
Full-Time Day Trader
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What are the Buying Power Limits for the Major Markets?
Adopters of robo-advisor services (Source - ATKearney)
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Are Robo Advisors the Future of Retirement Planning?
NASDAQ Financial 100 index
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5 Ways You Can Hedge the Fed Funds Rate
Bitcoin volatility 2011 – 2017 (Source - btcvol.info)
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5 Reasons You Should Not Invest in Bitcoin Futures
Tipranks Dashboard. Enabling the average investor to make a more informed investing decision
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3 Ways Fintech will Change Wealth Investing
Stock screener based on some financial ratios (Source - Finviz.com)
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The Top 10 Financial Ratios You Should Care About as an Investor
Bernie Madoff
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5 Ways to Avoid Ponzi Schemes
Notis Global Inc. (OTC - NGBL)
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Is It Time to Invest in Marijuana Stocks?
Top 5 REIT stocks with highest dividend yields. Source - Dividend.com
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Should You Invest in Real Estate or just buy a REIT ETF?
S&P500, SPDR ETF (SPY) technical chart
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ETFs or Mutual Funds – Which is Better for Long-Term Investing?
AAPL Dividend Yield
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Why Do Companies Pay Dividends?
Top Five Companies by market capitalization, Feb 3 2017 (Source - Google Finance)
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Market Capitalization – Should You Care as an Active Trader
Active vs Passive Investing – Strengths and Weakness
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Passive Investing vs. Active Investing – Tortoise vs. the Hare
Dow Jones U.S. Coal Index (DJUSCL)
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How to Invest in Coal Stocks
Top 10 Dividend ETF’s (Source - ETFdb)
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3 Simple Dividend Investing Strategies
Top 3 Water ETF’s performance to S&P500 (1 year return). Source - WSJ
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How to Invest in Water
The Art of Value Investing
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The 5 Best Value Investing Books
ETF’s vs. Motifs
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Motif Investing versus ETFs – Which is better for You?
Dow Jones Industrials, recovery after nearly 4 hours from the bottom in 2009
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7 Things We Learned From the Stock Market Crash of 2008
SGOL (ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares ETF)
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What are the Best Gold ETFs?
Fed Open Market Operations – Mortgage Backed securities purchases
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Historic Run of the Dow Jones from the October ’87 Crash to 20,000
Gold futures and U.S. Dollar Index during the 2008 financial crisis
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The Run of Gold during the Great Recession
The S&P500 and the Dow Jones 30, since 1970’s
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Seasonal Trading Cycles of Cocoa Futures
Silver futures drop 4% without any concrete reason (Source - Goldcore.com)
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How Does the Price of Gold Affect Gold Stocks?
Automated Day Trading Definition
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How has Algorithmic Trading Impacted the Futures Markets?
Crude Oil and U.S. oil rig count
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Effects of OPEC on the Oil Futures Market
Greece 10-year bond yields (36% interest demanded by bond investors)
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Seven Reasons Futures Trading is Better than Equities for Retail Investors
Computational Finance Resource
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Computational Finance Resource
General Insurance Glossary
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General Insurance Glossary
Triggers on Chart Patterns
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Understanding Options with Technical Analysis
Teaching Kids About Savings Bonds
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Teaching Kids About Savings Bonds
A Guide to US Savings Bonds
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A Guide to US Savings Bonds
All About Savings Bonds
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All About Savings Bonds
The Stocks and Investment Resource
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The Stocks and Investment Resource
Guide To Personal Finance
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Guide To Personal Finance
Coin Collecting Resource
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Coin Collecting Resource
Economics Resource Guide
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Economics Resource Guide
Investing Resources
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Investing Resources
Classroom Mathematics
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Classroom Mathematics
Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Definition
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Leveraged Buyout (LBO) Definition
Float – Total Number of Shares Traded Publicly
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Float – Total Number of Shares Traded Publicly
Buyout Definition & Types
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Buyout Definition & Types
Stock chart for the Coca-Cola Company (NYSE - KO) – 1970’s – 2017
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5 Things to Know about the Nifty 50
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Class A Shares – Common Stock and Mutual Funds