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☆☆☆☆☆The basing of a currency on gold. In some sense in such a system, gold IS the currency and money is a symbol for a corresponding amount of gold, backed by the issuer - i.e. the bank promises that by some means you are always able to exchange X of its currency for Y gold, and vice versa.
No country still uses the gold standard - modern currencies are free floating with their value determined by local markets and exchange rates with other currencies.
Even so, national governments still usually carry large gold reserves as a holdover from the time when they needed them as a physical guarantee. Gold has remained valuable over thousands of years so it can always be sold as needed for any currency (including its own) that a country might need, or bought to safely store wealth.
A currency system in which each dollar is worth 1/20 of an ounce of gold (gradpoint)
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to many to count... 100 dimes 1 quarter. 41 quarters. 50 dimes 21 quarters
in the late eighteenth century
Reduces risks to investors
the company invests money collected from employers
households, individuals, and businesses
commodity money
NASDAQ
Mutual fund is a low risk investment. If you invest in a mutual fund, you owns shares of the mutual fund company who is selling you fund. But you do not actually own any underlying asset of the stocks or securities that mutual fund has invested in even they are using your money to invest.
It's actually called a call option. I will provide you with a definition I just found for this, and some additional tips on options trading.
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The option to sell shares is a put. The option to buy them is a call.
yield
It is a way for investors to avoid paying a future higher price of a stock.
NOVANET
Capital markets
Primary Market
Higher risk investments have a higher potential return.
because
mutual fund
have low interest rates
a primary market is financial assets that can be redeemed only by the original investor; a secondary market's assets can be resold
Failing to pay back a student loan can have negative consequences. It can negatively effect your credit score.
