Question of the Week: Can I buy stock in the company I work for? Part II
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Last week in Part I of this topic we looked at what an insider was and what it meant to conduct insider trading.
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Question of the Week: Can I buy stock in the company I work for? Part I
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We received a question recently from an investor looking for information on whether it would be considered insider trading for him to purchase stock in the company he works for. There’s no simple yes or no answer to this question, so we’re going to answer it in two parts.
Student Connections Program Winter Relaunch!
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A new year means a new semester. New classes. New students. New teachers. And with that comes new opportunities.
Question of the Week: Are there rules around advertising for advisers?
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It’s tax time and that means investors are about to be bombarded with advertisements telling them to invest before the income tax deadline.
Happy Holidays!
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There's no new Before You Invest blog post this week or next week as we take a break for the holidays. Happy Holdays everyone, we’ll see you in 2020 with more investor education information!
Question of the Week: What is a white paper?
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We had a question sent to us asking what a white paper is in connection to cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings (ICOs). We’ll be speaking toward what a white paper is in that context.
Question of the Week: What is a promissory note?
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A promissory note is a financial instrument that is a written promise from one party to pay back another party a set sum of money, either on demand or at a specific date in the future.
The promissory note contains all the terms of the borrower’s indebtedness. This includes the principal amount of the loan, any interest rate applied to the loan, the maturity date, and the date and place the note was issued.
Question of the Week – What is a debenture?
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A debenture is a type of debt instrument that is similar to a bond in that it is issued by a company or a government as a way of raising capital. Unlike a bond a debenture is not secured by collateral and must rely on the credit rating and reputation of the issuer for support.
Question of the Week – What is Forex?
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FOREX is the Foreign Exchange Market. It is a global, decentralized over-the-counter market for the trading of currencies. FOREX allows anyone to exchange one form of currency for another. For example, Canadian dollars for US dollars, British Pounds or EUROs.
Question of the Week – Where can you find a mutual fund’s full investment holdings?
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One of our readers sent in a question last week after looking over our old post on Fund Facts.