Tag: invest
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
What is a 'Real Estate Investment Trust - REIT' A REIT is a type of security that invests in real estate through property...
Bear Market
A bear market refers to a market in which the prices of securities take a dip resulting in significant losses. It is quite difficult...
Currency Carry Trade
Currency carry trade refers to a strategy that is used by investors to sell currencies with low interest rates and purchase currencies with a...
Participatory Notes
DefinitionParticipatory Notes commonly known as P-Notes or PNs are instruments issued by registered foreign institutional investors to overseas investors, who wish to invest in...
Passive ETF
What is a Passive ETF and how does it work
A passive Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) is a type of investment fund that aims to track...
Qualifying Investment
What is 'Qualifying Investment' An investment purchased with pretax income. Money invested in a qualifying investment trust, annuity or plan is exempt...
Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor – QFII
DefinitionThe Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor program, one of the first efforts to internationalize the RMB, represents China's effort to allow, on a selective basis,...
Value Fund
What is a 'Value Fund' A value fund is a stock mutual fund that primarily holds stocks that are deemed to be...
Variable Universal Life Insurance (VUL)
What is 'Variable Universal Life Insurance - VUL' Variable universal life insurance (VUL) is a form of cash-value life insurance that offers...
Value Averaging
What is 'Value Averaging' An investing strategy that works like dollar cost averaging (DCA) in terms of steady monthly contributions, but differs...