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Have you ever shopped at a small business or started your own business? Chances are, you’ve interacted with or used an LLC! A limited-liability company, or LLC, is a type of business structure that is distinctly separate from its owners. Like corporations, LLCs are popular among entrepreneurs and business owners. Instead of being referred toContinue reading “What is an LLC?”

What do Apple, Kroger, and Ford all have in common? Besides being some of the world’s largest companies and leaders in their respective industries, these three companies are also corporations! Corporations are legal business entities that are owned by a group of people called shareholders. Many of the companies we engage with daily are structuredContinue reading “What is a corporation?”

I’m sure we have all experienced a time when we needed to borrow money from a friend or parent. In each situation, hopefully, we paid the money back to the person we borrowed it from. This concept is known as a loan! A loan is an amount of money given to someone, who promises toContinue reading “What is a loan?”

If you have ever borrowed money, you have probably heard of interest rates. Or better yet, if you are familiar with the Federal Reserve, you have probably heard the term. But what are they? Interest rates are fees charged on borrowed money, usually expressed as a percentage of the loan amount. Mortgages, car loans, andContinue reading “What are interest rates?”

The stock market, just like any market, has its fair share of ups and downs. Over the past few decades, investors have used certain terms used to describe the conditions of the stock market. At any given time, there can be a bear market or a bull market. In this article, we’ll cover bear markets.Continue reading “What is a bear market?”

If you live in America, or quite frankly anywhere in the world, you’re probably familiar with New York City. A global city, known for its rich history and culture, is also home to Wall Street. But what is it? Wall Street is an area located in Lower Manhattan’s financial district. Dating back to the earlyContinue reading “What is Wall Street?”

If you look at all the labels of different products in your home, you will find that many of them were produced outside of the United States, most likely in China. You may wonder how products from China end up in the United States? The answer is through global trade. In the simple sense, theContinue reading “What is global trade?”

Reading this article’s title, you may have been thinking about the popular college football conference. However, in finance and business world, the SEC is a powerful government regulator. The SEC, formally known as the Securities and Exchange Commission, is a government agency tasked with protecting investors and promoting fairness in stock markets. It is headquarteredContinue reading “What is the SEC?”

Think about your favorite snack or drink, the car you drive, or the device you’re reading this article on. Now, think about how it got from a factory to you. The answer is through a supply chain. A supply chain is a series of activities that move a product from production to consumption. Every companyContinue reading “What is a supply chain?”

As 2021 ends, Up Next Finance wanted to use the December post as a recap of all eleven posts throughout this year. Thank you all for supporting the website and blog, we hope you will keep reading in 2022! January: What is a dividend? // Dividends are cash payments made to shareholders by a company.Continue reading “2021: Year in Review”