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| Ladder strategy | A fixed income security plan that invests in similar amounts for different amounts of time. The idea is to reduce the threat of interest rates. So if you have a bond that matures in one month a interest rates shoot up, you have the chance of reinvesting it at the inflated rate rather than having all of your money tied up only some of the money will miss the increased interest rate. |
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| Lagging Indicator | is defined as an economic measurement that is slow to react to changes in trends in the economy. An example of a lagging indicator would be the consumer price index. |
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| Large cap | A stock with a large capitalization frequently upwards of five billion dollars. |
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| Law of Supply and Demand | In its most basic form the law of supply and demand states that when demand for something, a product, stock, commodity etc..., is greater than the supply the price rises. On the other hand when supply exceeds demand prices fall. When the supply and demand are both balanced this is known as the supply and demand equilibrium. |
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| Leading Indicator | is an economic measurement that changes in advance of changes to the whole economy. An example of a leading indicator is stock prices. |
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| Life Income Fund (LIF) | an type of investment that was made to retrieve money from an RRSP and pensions thereby providing retirement income. |
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| Limit Order | An order placed with a brokerage firm to buy or sell a fixed amount of securities at a fixed price or better. This type of order lets the investor set a period of time for the order to be considered good, after this period they can choose to cancel the order. |
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| Lobster Trap | A plan by a company fending off a hostile takeover where the company prevents anyone with more than 10% ownership from changing their convertible securities into voting shares. |
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