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What is FOMC — The FOMC: What the Committee Does and How Meetings Work
The FOMC is the twelve-member Federal Open Market Committee, and it meets eight times a year. How the committee is built and how its cycle runs.
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Economic Indicators Cheat Sheet: CPI, Jobs and GDP
A one-page decoder for the monthly data releases that move markets — what each number measures, when it lands, and why the surprise matters more than the level.
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Short Squeezes Explained: When Borrowed Shares Bite Back
The mechanics of short interest, why buying pressure can compound, and what breaks when it does.
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Threshold Rebalancing — Threshold vs. Calendar Rebalancing: How the Methods Compare
Threshold rebalancing resets a portfolio when weights drift past a set band, while calendar rebalancing resets on a fixed schedule. The documented trade-offs involve monitoring, costs, and taxes.
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Alternative Asset Allocation: Which Sleeves Earn Their Place
Gold, REITs and commodities each do a different job in a portfolio. The case for each rests on mechanism, not promises.
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Stock — How to Read a Trading Plan: Entry, Target, Stop, Timestamp
Three Canadian small-caps published mechanical trading plans on October 18. The numbers are the easy part. The discipline around them is the lesson.