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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

New Video: P3. What is an ISA? (UK)

An Individual Savings Account or ISA is one of the most common and easy to access saving and investing tools in the UK. This video provides an summary of this products.

Monday, April 20, 2009

P2. What is a 401k Plan?

401k plans are spoken about very frequently in the US, and represent a potentially very tax efficient manner for money to be set aside for the future. This video introduces what 401k plans are - building on the concepts of taxes and compounding, providers and users of capital, principles of taxation, mutual funds and even dollar-cost averaging.

New Video: P1. Structures, Products and Services

This is an introductory video to some of the structures, products and services that we as investors have to consider on a regular basis. It builds on the concepts and examples of products of the other videos - in this series the items discussed are often more specific, and often specific to a country or region as opposed to being more generic and potentially available in many regions.

Friday, March 13, 2009

New Video: S2. Securitization, CDOs and the Sub-Prime Crisis

The volume of issue of CDOs and the corresponding ability of banks to issue mortgages had a significant impact on the quantity of mortgages that could be made by banks. This video explores the topic of securitization further with a particular focus on CDOs and how that relates to the sub-prime crisis.