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Dec. 25, 2019

Happy Holidays!

There's no new Before You Invest blog post this week or next week as we take a break for the holidays. Happy Holdays everyone, we’ll see you in 2020 with more investor education in...

Mar. 18, 2026

Question of the Week: What is a white paper?

We had a question sent to us asking what a white paper is in connection to cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings (ICOs). We’ll be speaking toward what a white paper is in that ...

Mar. 18, 2026

Question of the Week: What is a promissory note?

A promissory note is a financial instrument that is a written promise from one party to pay back another party a set sum of money, either on demand or at a specific date in the fut...

Dec. 4, 2019

Question of the Week – What is a debenture?

A debenture is a type of debt instrument that is similar to a bond in that it is issued by a company or a government as a way of raising capital. Unlike a bond a debenture is not s...

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Question of the Week: What is a white paper?

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