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  2. Charles Schwab Corporation - Wikipedia

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    In 1984, the company launched 140 no-load mutual funds. In 1987, management, including Charles R. Schwab, bought the company back from Bank of America for $280 million. [10] In 1991, the company acquired Mayer & Schweitzer, a market making firm, allowing Schwab to execute its customers' orders without sending them to an exchange. [11]

  3. VA loan - Wikipedia

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    A VA loan is a mortgage loan in the United States guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The program is for American veterans, military members currently serving in the U.S. military, reservists and select surviving spouses (provided they do not remarry) and can be used to purchase single-family homes, condominiums, multi-unit properties, manufactured homes and ...

  4. Closed-end fund - Wikipedia

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    investor perception that the fund's management fees are too high, or that future performance will be disappointing; [17] stockbrokers' reluctance to recommend closed-end funds to customers because other investments such as mutual funds generate higher sales commissions; [18]

  5. Fidelity Magellan Fund - Wikipedia

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    The Fidelity Magellan Fund (Mutual fund: FMAGX) is a U.S.-domiciled mutual fund from the Fidelity family of funds. [1] It is perhaps the world's best-known actively managed mutual fund, known particularly for its record-setting growth under the management of Peter Lynch from 1977 to 1990. [ 2 ]

  6. Student loans and grants in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    For academic year 2010/11 the maximum tuition fee had reached £3290 [17] and in the 2011/12 academic year the tuition fee was raised again to £3,375. The "old system" maximum tuition fee was raised one last time for academic year 2012/13 to £3465, a level it has remained at for subsequent academic years in England.

  7. Student financial aid in the United States - Wikipedia

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    No max income Arizona State University: Arizona residents with family income of up to $60,000 [39] Bowdoin College: No max income [40] Brown University: No max income [41] Caltech: Annual income below $60,000 [42] Claremont McKenna College: No max income [43] Colby College: No max income; all students [44] Columbia University: No max income [45 ...

  8. Unit investment trust - Wikipedia

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    A UIT portfolio may contain one of several different types of securities. The two main types are stock (equity) trusts and bond (fixed-income) trusts.. Unlike a mutual fund, a UIT is created for a specific length of time and is a fixed portfolio: its securities will not be sold or new ones bought except in certain limited situations (for instance, when a company is filing for bankruptcy or the ...

  9. Exchange-traded fund - Wikipedia

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    Mutual funds generally have higher annual fees since they have higher marketing, distribution and accounting expenses . [16] ETFs are also generally cheaper to operate since, unlike mutual funds, they do not have to buy and sell securities and maintain cash reserves to accommodate shareholder purchases and redemptions. [17] [18] [19] [20]