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Finance

What is Venture Capital …. or How Do Those Rich Guys (Girls) on the TV Show Dragon’s Den Actually Make Money??

July 27, 2011
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Private Equity, Venture Capital, Angel Investing, there are many names for the type of investments you see on ABC’s show Shark Tank, as well as CBC’s show Dragon’s Den. To the general public, it is an entertaining look at people pitching their ideas to well capitalized investors who are willing to bet on the next [...]

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What are Hedge Funds and Why I Should Start Loving (Or Fearing) Them

July 26, 2011

The name hedge fund, as far as I am concerned, is a bit of a misnomer. In the financial world, the word ‘hedge’ is a term to describe an investment strategy where there is a removal of exposure to certain factor(s) in the market (e.g. by taking an investment in 1 security, and counteracting it [...]

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What is a Subprime Mortgage … or Why did the American Real Estate Market Crash?

June 30, 2011
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The causes of this ‘great recession’ we are in is quite a confusing topic for the vast majority of people, which is unfortunate, because it affects so many people, so directly. One of the key factors leading to the stock market crash in late 2008 was the crash of the American Real Estate Market that [...]

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How Should I Study for the CFA Exams?

August 2, 2009

Of the thousands of candidates worldwide who write these exams, there are thousands of strategies for how to pass. There aren’t really secrets to mastering the material, just the classic strategies that help people succeed through their undergraduate course material. The only difference is, the CFA exams are like taking 5 university classes all in [...]

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