Regulators are going after the private exchange operations of European banks.

Why dark pools became a bad dream for European banks

In the end, stock splits are all about making shares more appealing to investors. 

Explaining the stock split: Some financial gymnastics

Why investing in ETFs can be like playing with fire.

What the heck does ETF stand for? An explainer

When it comes to investing: keep it simple, stupid.

Explainer: Why dollar cost averaging is stupid smart

Restructuring sounds scary because it's often associated with bankruptcy.

Drowning in debt? Consider a restructuring

Google's profit dropped 11 percent and the company's stock jumped. How does that work? 

When a company gives &#039;guidance&#039;: An explainer

An index is quite simply a basket of shares.

What is an index fund?: An explainer

When we feel wealthy, we spend more. It’s called the wealth effect.

How feeling rich helps the economy: An explainer

Compounding is one of the best tools out there to build wealth.

The magic of compounding: An explainer

There are a million get-rich schemes out there, but here's one of the oldest: borrowing.

How borrowing money can create wealth: Explainer

Senior Producer Paddy Hirsch of Marketplace, the public radio business show, makes complicated financial concepts easy to understand in this entertaining, informative video series.

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These podcasts are excellent. Can you do one on China devaluing their currency?

Currency devaluation

APM: Marketplace Whiteboard

Now the Federal Reserve has effectively cut the target lending rate to zero, it only has one more weapon in its arsenal. Quantitative easing. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains what this "nuclear option" it is, and what the Fed hopes it'...

Quantitative easing

In stories about the auto companies and the banks, we've been hearing about debt-to-equity swaps and exchanging preferred shares for common stock. To understand how those work, you need to understand a company's capital structure. Senior...

Capital structure

Many small businesses get the cash they need to operate and expand from so-called factors. One of the biggest factors in the business is CIT, and with CIT on the ropes, small businesses are worried. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains what factoring is...

Factoring

Most economists agree that inflation of about 2% or 3% annually is a natural function of a growing economy. But people are worried government stimulus measures could spark much higher inflation. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains

Inflation

Confused about the theory of how interest rates can affect economic growth? Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch is here with a handy analogy.

Interest rates

Marketplace's Paddy Hirsch explains what QE3 is supposed to do for the economy.

The economic effects of quantitative easing

If you've been following what the Federal Reserve is doing with the interest rate of late, you have probably heard them talk about the yield curve...

WHITEBOARD: What is a yield curve?

Often conflated, often confused, fiscal and monetary policies take very different approaches to influence the economy. And they rely on two very ...

WHITEBOARD: Fiscal policy vs. monetary policy

Private equity funds are groups of investors that flip companies for a profit. It’s the technique they use that makes them special, as senior producer Paddy Hirsch explains.

Private equity explained

Credit default swaps? They're complicated -- and scary! The receipt you get when you pre-order your Thanksgiving turkey? Not so much. But they have a lot in common: They're both derivatives. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains.

Derivatives: An explanation

It's a vital part of the financial system, and the government is considering changes to it.

The &#039;repo&#039; market

Learn the difference between secured and unsecured debt -- a lesson that Irish taxpayers could use as they face the prospect of footing the bill for the bailout of state-owned Anglo Irish Bank. 

What&#039;s the difference: Secured vs. unsecured bonds

The London Interbank Offered Rate, explained.

So what is LIBOR, exactly?

The Federal Reserve said this week it will no longer buy mortgage backed securities from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Some people worry mortgage rates could rise as a result. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch explains why.

Fannie, Freddie and the Fed

Big bets on an obscure index lay at the heart of JPMorgan's losses this week. Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains how an index of CDS works.


What&#039;s an index of credit default swaps?

So Facebook has filed to go public. How exactly does an initial public offering work? Marketplace's Paddy Hirsch explains.

What’s an IPO?

It's the title of a dubious financing transaction that Lehman Brothers used in 2008 to make its balance sheet look healthier than it really was. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch takes a stab at explaining how Repo 105 worked.

Repo 105

Dividend recapitalization: private equity shenanigans or sound common sense? Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains how it works.

Explaining dividend recapitalization

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Best True Crime Podcasts

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