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Read This Before Investing in Uber and Lyft IPOs

Uber and Lyft are two of the most anticipated IPOs of 2019, but read this before you consider investing.

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Initial Public Offering (IPO) Explained
Annuity An annuity is a financial product that pays out a fixed stream of payments to an individual, primarily used as an income stream for retirees. Read More
Preferred Stock Preferred stock refers to a class of ownership that has a higher claim on assets and earnings than common stock has. Read More
Liability A liability is defined as a company's legal financial debts or obligations that arise during the course of business operations. Read More
Standard Deviation The standard deviation is a statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is calculated as the square root of the variance. Read More
Amortization Amortization is an accounting technique used to lower the cost value of a finite life or intangible asset incrementally through scheduled charges to income. Read More
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Compound Interest Compound interest is interest calculated on the initial principal and also on the accumulated interest of previous periods of a deposit or loan. Read More