Welcome to CNBC Explains, where we dissect the complicated economics of our world — everything from stocks and corporate balance sheets, to international trade and government policy.
We are pleased to feature the work of Salman Khan , founder of the Khan Academy and a whiz at making arcane topics easy to understand. We'll also be featuring reporting by anchors and editors around CNBC.
Topics: Treasury Bond Prices and Yields | The Yield Curve | LIBOR | Interest Rate Swaps | Annual Interest and Debt Maturity
Topics: Federal Reserve Open Market | National Debt | The Beige Book | Quantitative Easing | The Federal Reserve
Topics: Contango | Hedging Futures Contracts | Arbitraging Futures | Futures Curves | Futures Margins | Commodity Futures | Forward Contracts
Topics: Income Statements | Capital Structure | Book Value Vs. Market Value | Amortization and Depreciation | Mark-to-Market Accounting
Topics: Insider Trading | Securities and Exchange
Topics: China-U.S. Currency Situation | China's Floating Exchange Rate | China's Currency Peg | Currency Carry Trade | Stagflation | Hyperinflation | Inflation | Deflation
Topics: Unemployment | Social Security | What is a Recession | The Laffer Curve | Medicare and Medicaid | Consumer Price Index | Correction | Federal Funds Rate
Topics: Stock Shorting | Market Capitalization | Alpha and Beta | Initial Public Offering | Preferred Stock
Topics: Breaking the Buck | Money Market Funds | Closed-End Mutual Funds | Exchange-Traded Funds(ETFs) | Open-Ended Mutual Funds | Volcker Rule | Hedge Funds
Topics: The IMF | BRICS | Gross Domestic Product| PIIGS | EFSF | Sovereign Debt
Topics: Market Circuit Breakers | Mortgage-Backed Securities | Capitulation | Real Vs. Nominal Returns | Roadshow | Arbitrage | Credit Default Swaps | Witching Hour | Limit Up, Limit Down | Collateralized Debt Obligations | Fair Value
Topics: Merger Arbitrage | Stock Dilution | Stock Price Behavior After an Acquisition | Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs) | Equity Acquisitions
Topics: Put-Call Parity Arbitrage | 'Long Sttaddle' Options Strategy | Options as Investments | Put Options as Protection | Reading Options Quotes | Put Options | Call Options
Topics: Life Insurance and Death Probability | Investing vs. Paying Off Loans
Topics: Under Water Mortgages | Case-Shiller Home Price Index | REO
Topics: U.S. Income Tax Basics | Tax Deductions | The Alternative Minimum Tax
Topics: 4G | Cloud Computing | Malware
