Investing

A corporate action occurs when a company does something that affects its share capital or its bonds. For example, most companies pay dividends to their...

Duration is the change in the value of a bond from a % change in interest rates. There are three variations of Duration. Macaulay Duration...

Bonds are long-term debt securities that corporations and government entities issue. Purchasers of bonds receive periodic interest payments, called coupon payments, until maturity, when they...

Choosing shares to buy and sell requires time, research, and analysis. However, if you invest time and keep an eye on the market and economy,...

Providers of 'capital guaranteed' and 'capital protected' structured products usually promise to at least repay your original investment at the end of a stated period....

A warrant is a financial instrument that provides the holder of the warrant the right, not the obligation, to buy a company’s stock in the...

A convertible is a fixed-income security that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to convert it into a predetermined number of the...

A stock split involves issuing new shares without receiving additional cash. In a stock split, each share is split into a more significant number –...

A rights issue is an equity issue in which existing shareholders are allowed to subscribe for new shares based on, and in proportion to, the...

A bonus issue of shares, also known as a capitalization or scrip issue, is an issue of shares to existing company shareholders on a pro-rata...

There is no certainty that investors will buy the shares and thus that the Company will get its money to make its acquisition or refinance....

Tracking error measures how closely an investment portfolio follows the index to which it is benchmarked. Many portfolios are managed to a benchmark, usually an...