• Finance Basics

    Financial Jargon

    Imagine how lost one of your non-veterinary friends would feel if they walked and heard you speaking to colleagues about a fascinating case. “Today I saw a GSD with IHMA. His PCV was 14 and his SpO2 was 91…..”What does…

  • Finance Basics

    Mutual Fund 101

    What is A Mutual Fund? You can think of a mutual fund as a basket full of stocks and or bonds. The fund pools moneys from many different investors by selling shares and uses the investor’s funds to purchase stocks…

  • Finance Basics

    Bonds 101

    What is a bond? Earlier we talked about how corporations are a legal entity who can buy buildings, desks, chairs and computers and can hire or fire employees. Well they can also borrow money. A bond is essentially an IOU…

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    Stocks 101

    Before exploring stocks bonds and mutual funds we must first understand the concept of a “corporation.” A corporation is a legal entity that is somewhat like a person. A corporation can own things like buildings, desks, chairs and computers. It…