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What are Arrears?

by R. MAK. on December 9, 2009 · 0 comments

in Business

When most of the people consider arrears, they immediately think of some kind of debt that is not being paid on time. While when it comes to investing, the application is a little different , that still serves as a workable definition for arrears. In the world of stocks, bonds, and trading, back dividends that are owed to shareholders of the company are referred to as arrears.

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In an identical application, arrears may also be used to refer to interest payments to bond holders that were not paid at the time when they were due. In this article I have written how the concept of arrears works, and how it is possible for companies to find themselves in arrears having dividend and interest payments.

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In a broad strokes definition, fraud is referred to as a deliberate misrepresentation by which another person has to suffer damages, usually these damages are monetary losses. By most of the people the act of lying is consider to be fraudulent, but in a legal sense lying is only one small element of actual fraud.

May be a salesman may lie about his name, eye color, place of birth and family, but if he has not said any lie about the product he sells, then he will not be found guilty of fraud. A deliberate misrepresentation of the product’s condition must be there and there must be an occurrence of monetary damages.

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Involvement of Complicated financial transactions in Fraud Cases

Complicated financial transactions are involved in many fraud cases that is conducted by ‘white collar criminals’, business professionals with specialized knowledge and criminal intent. By an unscrupulous investment  broker an opportunity to purchase shares in precious metal repositories may be presented to clients, for example. Such a credibility is given to him by his status as a professional investor, which can lead to a justified believability among potential clients.

When does a Fraud Victim can sue a Broker?

Those investors by whom it is believed that the opportunity is legitimate contribute substantial amounts of cash and in return they also receive authentic-looking bonds.

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Functions of SIPC

December 1, 2009

The Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) is a name given to an organization that compensates investors in case if the firms handling their funds and securities go bankrupt. If an SIPC member goes bankrupt, then the SIPC steps in, it liquidates the firm’s assets and then give compensation to the investors for up to…

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What do you know about CBOT?

November 30, 2009

In 1948, the establishment of The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) takes place. There are 3,600 CBOT members who are trading more than 50 different options and futures contracts through open outcry and e-trading. The CBOT is known as the world’s oldest futures and…

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How would you define Dirty Stock?

November 29, 2009

Dirty stocks are the name given to those type of stock issues that are not considered to have a good delivery. The transaction comes to a halt while the status of the stock is evaluated when a stock is identified as being dirty. Before that the dirty stock is awarded the…

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Euro gained against dollar after firmer German Ifo

November 24, 2009

On Tuesday the euro rise against the dollar, reversing earlier losses as a firmer-than-expected German sentiment survey offset concerns about the country’s banking sector.A bigger-than-expected rise in the German Ifo November business climate index has helped the euro. The index rose to…

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Euro Hovers Near $1.50 As Risk Is Back On

November 23, 2009

On Monday the euro has shown some advancement, hovering near the $1.50 level in New York trading as demand for the greenback has been hurt by the comments from a Federal Reserve official. The remarks helped in encouraging a broad rally in global stocks, oil, gold and higher-yielding currencies that reversed…

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Canadian Dollar dropped down as Stocks fall on Concern Rally Overdone

November 22, 2009

The Canadian dollar has drooped down against 13 of its 16 most-traded counterparts and it has gained only against the currencies of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. The U.S. dollar has shown a rise against all but two major currencies as…

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British pound becomes week on Budget Deficit

November 21, 2009

As the U.K. posted its worst deficit figures since the measurement start, the pound had a negative week against the U.S. dollar. This has decreased the attractiveness for the British currency which has performed positively in the week…

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Dollar gains; higher-yielding currencies lose shine

November 20, 2009

On Friday the dollar rise, giving an extension to the previous day’s gains as investors retreated from riskier assets, taking the shine off higher-yielding currencies such as the Australian dollar.Today Tokyo’s Nikkei average fell 0.5% and after the U.S. S&P 500 index suffered its worst one-day percentage fall in three weeks on…

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