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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
Cloud computing means being able to access the Internet anywhere, anytime and being able to use any or all of the data and applications you want.
It's hard to stay out of trouble on the Internet. Even if you avoid sites with questionable content, there are plenty of pitfalls and traps that subtly install programs which then wreak havoc on your computer.
The transition to the next generation of wireless communications is already under way. The latest is called 4G — and all of the carriers are peppering their marketing with the phrase.
The housing market is one of the pillars of the U.S. economy and there may be no better indication of how the market is doing than housing starts.
You may have heard this term in the aftermath of the real estate bubble. So what is an underwater mortgage?
Sometimes financial terms sound exactly like what they are. CNBC explains jumbo mortgages.
Dolly Lenz, Prudential Douglas Elliman, says smart sellers are catering to the new buyers from Asia. She believes buyers from China make up about 10 percent of the market. "That's a lot," she adds.
Monday, 10 Jun 2013 | 12:52 PM ETFMHR trader Stephen Weiss talks about his Blackberry shares. Last month, he had positive things to say about the company. This month, he's explaining why the stock is down 12 percent since his call. And stocks lighting up the Twitter feed, with the FMHR traders.
Monday, 10 Jun 2013 | 11:15 AM ETCNBC's Diana Olick says the number of jumbo loans is up 15 percent over last year, and even though it's still a small share, it's expected to continue to grow.
