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A soft landing in economics and markets refers to central banks being able to engineer lower inflation without triggering a recession. A hard landing, on the other hand, is when central banks tighten monetary policy too much, leading to an economic downturn. Stagflation is a situation of high inflation and low growth. It can be […]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sanctions imposed by NATO countries and western allies put the Russian ruble (RUB) into a tailspin against virtually all other emerging market currencies. The sanctions guarantee that Russia will have bad inflation problems. Tightening monetary policy can help take some of the air out of inflationary pressure, with the trade-off […]

Carbon emissions trading is a type of policy that enables companies to buy or sell allotments of carbon dioxide (CO2) output permitted by governments with regional or national emissions standards. Carbon emissions trading is based on the idea that individuals or institutions can each own, buy or sell permits to produce greenhouse gas. Carbon emission permit […]

An inverted yield curve is an interest rate environment in which long-term debt instruments have a lower yield than short-term debt instruments of the same credit quality. This is considered a negative yield curve, because it is “inverted” from the typical yield curve relationship, in which longer-term rates are higher than shorter-term rates. What Happens […]

Despite being one of the oldest and most well-known indexes in the world, there are still some misconceptions about the S&P 500. Below, we dispel some of the most common myths about this popular market benchmark. 1) The S&P 500 is only made up of US companies A company must be based in the US […]

Form 1099-B is used to report proceeds from broker and barter exchange transactions. This form is used to report the sale of stocks, bonds, commodities, and other securities. The 1099-B must be filed with the IRS by the broker or barter exchange. The 1099-B must also be sent to the taxpayer by February 15. The […]

A Schedule K-1 is a tax form that is used to report the income, losses, and dividends of a partnership or S corporation. Schedule K-1s are usually issued by the end of February. If you are a partner in a partnership or an S corporation, you will need to file a Schedule K-1 with your […]

Alphabet (aka Google) has two classes of shares: GOOGL (Class A) and GOOG (Class C) Difference between GOOG and GOOGL GOOG shares have no voting rights while GOOGL shares do. And the GOOG vs GOOGL debate usually comes down to whether you want to have a say in Google’s corporate decision-making commensurate with your ownership […]

Money weighted return and time weighted return are two concepts in finance that are often confused. Though both are used to measure returns, they differ in how they account for the timing of cash flows. In this article, we’ll look at how MWR and TWR are different and how they’re calculated. Money weighted return vs. […]

What Is a Nash Equilibrium? A Nash equilibrium is a situation in which no player has an incentive to change his or her strategy. In other words, each player is doing the best he or she can given the strategies of the other players. Nash equilibria are important because they provide a way to predict […]