Tag: Equity
What is an IPO or Initial Public Offering?
What is an IPO? An IPO, or Initial Public Offering, is a process through which a private company hires an investment bank to sell its stock to the general public for the first time. After an IPO, the stock gets …
What is a Passively Managed Fund?
Howdy Wall St. Willy! Sometime ago we talked about Actively Managed Fund, but what is Passively Managed Fund? Passively Managed Funds are funds in which the investment is made to mirror an index. That means that the securities in the …
Basics / Fixed Income / Mutual Funds / Real Estate / Stocks / Tips & Tricks
What is Portfolio Rebalancing?
Howdy Wall St. Willy! Sometime ago, we talked about asset classes, and when we talked about that, you said something about portfolio rebalancing. But what is portfolio rebalancing anyway? Portfolio rebalancing (or portfolio re-balancing) is buying and selling securities from …
What is Dividend Yield?
Howdy Wall St. Willy! Sometime ago when we talked about yield, you said something about dividend yield. But what is dividend yield anyway? Dividend yield is the rate of return you get through dividend payments from a stock at its …
Basics / Fixed Income / Mutual Funds / Stocks
What is a Brokerage Account?
Howdy Wall St. Willy! I heard my parents talking about a Brokerage Account. But what is a brokerage account anyway? A brokerage account is an account that you use to make investments like buying or selling stocks, bonds, mutual funds, …
