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Exchange-Traded Funds Provide a More Liquid Form of Diversification

Posted 24 weeks 6 days ago by Mark P. Cussen

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If you like the diversification that mutual funds provide but want to be able to get in and out of them more quickly, then maybe you should try an exchange-traded fund. This article explains what they are and how they work.

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Credit squeeze (formerly know as a panic)

Posted 49 weeks 2 days ago by Philip Brewer

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There used to be a particular financial event called a panic. There were two famous ones around the turn of the last century: the panic of 1893 and the panic of 1907. A panic worked like this: Everything would be going along fine until something produced a lack of confidence, at which point people would take their paper money to the bank to exchange for gold. The banks, after paying out large amounts of gold, would be unable to make ordinary loans. With credit restricted, business began to grind to a halt--manufacturers couldn't borrow to buy raw materials, retailers couldn't borrow to take delivery of goods for sale, farmers couldn't borrow to buy seed, etc.

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