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What is Contingent Liability? Contingent liability refers to a possible liability in the future contingent upon some other event being the trigger....

Power of attorney refers to the authorization to conduct business on legal and financial matters on behalf of another party. So...choose wisely.

How do you get a startup funded? Depends if we're talking about a tech startup, or a non-tech startup. If you've got a promising, budding tech comp...

Are monopolies evil? Should they be regulated? Should they be illegal? Monopolies in and of themselves, are neither good nor evil. How they conduct...

A liquid market is a market featuring high trading volumes, i.e. investors actually want to put their cash to work.

What's a yankee bond, and does it stick a feather in its cap and call it macaroni?

What is a limited partnership? A limited partnership is one in which at least one party is a general partner who assumes personal liabilities and i...

A trust deed lays out the rights and obligations of the bank underwriting the purchase of inventory/assets. That said, it won't catch you in a trus...

What is a partnership? A partnership is an arrangement where two or more parties agree to form a business in cooperation with each other. Partnersh...

PERLS is a bond that pays interest twice a year, but whose yield is linked to a given foreign exchange rate. It also doesn't string very well on a...

What are CEOs, CFOs, and COOs? The “C” level executives in a corporation are the corporate officers responsible for the management decisions an...

What is an Affiliated Person or Affiliated Investor? An affiliated person is known as an insider in the financial world. These are the people who h...

What does it mean to "go public?" An IPO raises cash in the form of equity, usually, for investors. When public, a company exists under SEC dominio...

NAV isn't a cool new navigation app...it's how mutual fund shares are valued or priced at the end of each trading day.

What's the SEC? Easy. Seals Eating Candy. Or maybe Silly Elephants Canoodling? We can never remember. Guess it's time to watch this video and refre...

What is an LLC? LLC stands for Limited Liability Company. It is a hybrid type of company that combines the corporate protections of separating corp...

Reg A is an exemption for the sale of securities. We wonder if it has any sweet steel drums in the background.

What is a Dissident Director? The Board of Directors of a company usually reaches a consensus the majority of the time in order to decide on polici...

"Safe harbor" refers to the notion that, if you follow a basic set of rules, you cannot be found guilty of a crime or shady dealings.

What is a registration statement? A registration statement is the set of documents that accompany a filing of securities with the SEC for sale in t...