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Calculating Foreign Exchange Gain/Loss on Foreign Monetary Assets

September 13th, 2011

Many corporations doing business in foreign countries find themselves in the situation of holding foreign monetary assets. They then typically seek to account for the gain or loss on these assets due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations in the most appropriate way. According to the best international accounting practices, foreign currency monetary assts are generally
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InvestorWords.com Term of the Day WordPress Plugin

February 1st, 2010

InvestorWords.com Term of the Day WordPress Plugin This plugin lets you add InvestorWord.com Term of the Day to your blog. You can add the term using WordPress widget, or directly to your theme using PHP code: <?php displayTOD(); ?> The plugin also comes with admin panel that lets you specify the number of words to
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6 Tips for Stock Brokers to Get More Business

January 19th, 2010

If you think that business is going to be good all the time, then you are in for a rude awakening. At one point in your career, you will experience low sales. Even your list of prospects will seem to get shorter and shorter. Now, knowing you are going to be in a rut someday
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InvestorGuide.com Stock Ticker Link WordPress Plugin

January 1st, 2010

InvestorGuide.com Stock Ticker Link WordPress Plugin lets you automatically link ticker symbols within your posts to our stock and mutual fund research page on InvestorGuide.com. All you have to do is write your article the way you normally would and enclose the ticker symbol to be linked within parenthesis. For example, Apple (AAPL) Google (GOOG)
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How To Survive a Layoff

December 17th, 2009

As unemployment numbers continue to remain high, many employees are stressed about whether they’ll have a job next week or not.  Some have already lost their jobs and are scrambling to find  new employment.   In this time, financial planning is crucial.  This is a time when people are feeling down and are desperately in need
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In the context of a futures trading account, it is the value of the securities in the account, assuming that the account is liquidated at the going price. In the context of a brokerage account, it is the net value of the account, i.e. the value of securities in the account less any margin requirements.