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Understanding the Differences Between Single vs. Joint Life Insurance

As you enter adulthood, you’re hit with a bevy of new terms. What’s a mortgage rate? What are non-refundable tax credits? What are executors,...

Harmonized Sales Tax – HST

DefinitionThe harmonized sales tax is a consumption tax in Canada. It is used in provinces where both the federal goods and services tax and...

Year To Date (YTD)

What is 'Year To Date - YTD' Year to date (YTD) refers to the period beginning the first day of the current...

Immediate Payment Annuity

What is an 'Immediate Payment Annuity' An immediate payment annuity is an annuity contract that is purchased with a single lump-sum payment...

Immediate Family

What is an 'Immediate Family' Immediate family members usually include a person’s parents, spouse, children and siblings. A person’s grandparents, grandchildren, in-laws...

Natural Monopoly

DefinitionA natural monopoly is a monopoly in an industry in which high infrastructural costs and other barriers to entry relative to the size of...

One Night Stand Investment

What is 'One Night Stand Investment' A purchased security that was intended for a long-term investment, but is instead sold the next...

National Market System (NMS)

What is a 'National Market System - NMS' A national market system (NMS) is a system with two main functions: ...

One-Child Policy

DefinitionThe one-child policy, a part of the family planning policy, was a population planning policy of China. It was introduced in 1979 and began...

Manufactured Housing (MH)

What is 'Manufactured Housing - MH' A housing unit constructed primarily off-site prior to being moved to a piece of property where...

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