摘要: A deposit investment security sold by Canadian banks and trust companies. They are often bought for retirement plans because they provide a low-risk fixed rate of return. The principal is at risk only[阅读全文:]
摘要: Insurance contracts that guarantee the owner principal repayment and a fixed or floating interest rate for a predetermined period of time.
|||Guaranteed investment contracts are typicall[阅读全文:]
摘要: A type of investment product offered by insurance companies that allows its client to invest in an equity, bond and/or index fund while providing a promise that some predefined minimum value of the fu[阅读全文:]
摘要: A debt service measure that financial lenders use as a rule of thumb to give a preliminary assessment about whether a potential borrower is already in too much debt. Receiving a ratio of less than 30%[阅读全文:]
摘要: A Canadian retirement plan for individuals who are not employees of a local, provincial or federal government body, but who are paid for their services from public funds. This type of retirement plan [阅读全文:]
摘要: A U.S. government corporation within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Ginnie May aims to:
1. Ensure liquidity for government-insured mortgages, including those insu[阅读全文:]
摘要: An act passed by Congress in 1933 that prohibited commercial banks from collaborating with full-service brokerage firms or participating in investment banking activities.
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摘要: A semiannual report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that assesses the stability of global financial markets and emerging market financing. The Global Financial Stability Report focuses on cur[阅读全文:]
摘要: Ethical standards to be used by investment managers for creating performance presentations that ensure fair representation and full disclosure of investment performance results. Global Investment Prof[阅读全文:]
摘要: A composite index of commodity sector returns which represents a broadly diversified, unleveraged, long-only position in commodity futures.
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