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News to Use - October 13th, 2004
http://www.investopedia.com
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Table of Contents:
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1. Term of the Week: Bear Trap
2. General Finance: Introduction to Value at Risk (VAR) - Part 2
3. Retirement: Making Salary Deferral Contributions - Part 1
4. Active Trading: Getting Started in FOREX Options
6. Recently Updated Terms
7. Test Your Investing Knowledge
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Term of the Week: Bear Trap
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A false signal that the rising trend of a stock or index has
reversed when it has not.
Investopedia Says:
This can occur during a bear market reversal when short sellers
believe the markets will sink back to its declining ways. If
the market continues to rise, the shorters get trapped and are
forced to cover their position at higher prices.
For related terms and articles, go to:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/beartrap.asp
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General Finance: Introduction to Value at Risk (VAR) - Part 2 of 2
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In Part 1 of this series we show three methods for calculating
the value at risk (VAR) of a single stock investment. Here in
Part 2 we explain how to convert one VAR of one time period into
the equivalent VAR for a different time period, and show you how
to use VAR to estimate the downside risk of a single stock
investment.
Read this feature at:
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/04/101304.asp
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Retirement: Making Salary Deferral Contributions - Part 1 of 2
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Although many will agree that contributing to a retirement plan
is a good financial decision, a significant number of employees
still do not participate in their employer sponsored retirement
plan. This lack of participation is often the result of a misunderstanding
of the rules or an unawareness of the benefits. So let's discuss
some of the advantages of making salary deferral contributions
to employer sponsored plans.
Read this feature at:
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/retirement/04/101304.asp
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Active Trading: Getting Started in FOREX Options
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Many people think of the stock market when they think of options;
however, the foreign exchange (FOREX) market also offers the
opportunity to trade these unique derivatives. Options give
retail traders many opportunities to limit risk and increase
profit. Here we discuss what options are, how they are used,
and strategies you can use to profit.
Read this feature at:
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/trading/04/101304.asp
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make you rich; what Wall Street fears most; 25 big-name stocks
to avoid; huge opportunities from the energy crisis; plus his
surprising year-end forecast -- FREE!
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Recently Updated Terms
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Abatement
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/abatement.asp
Active Management
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/activemanagement.asp
Bill of Exchange
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/billofexchange.asp
Expectations Theory
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/expectationstheory.asp
Markdown
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/markdown.asp
Return On Net Assets - RONA
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rona.asp
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Test Your Financial Knowledge
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Q. In the context of the stock market, what is a Spider?
a) Stocks trading under $5 per share
b) Low volatility stocks that seem to "crawl" along
c) An exchange traded fund for the S&P 500
d) A high risk investment strategy
e) None of the Above
To answer this question, please visit the homepage:
http://www.investopedia.com/default.asp
Have a great week!
The Investopedia Staff
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