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What is a Limited Liability Company (LLC)?
A limited liability company (LLC) is a legal structure that protects its owners from the liabilities of the company.
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Trade using algorithms and bots with our easy-to-use API or web dashboard
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What is Opportunity Cost?
When it comes to investing, opportunity cost is the cost of choosing one investment over another.
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Financial Data Streaming with Alpaca and Streamlit
Understand how to stream financial data, particularly Open, High, Low, Close, and Volume data using Alpaca Streaming API, and plot them using Streamlit in real-time.
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Make Your Own Crypto ETF Analog using Alpaca’s Crypto API
Learn how to take advantage of our new coin offerings by creating a diverse basket of crypto holdings, which will comprise our ETF. We then regularly rebalance our ETF to keep our allocation balanced across each coin.
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What is the S&P 500?
The S&P 500 is an index that tracks about 500 of the largest U.S. companies by market cap.
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5 crypto trading apps you may not have heard of
From a wide range of crypto trading apps to an overabundance of information, new crypto enthusiasts can easily become overwhelmed. In no particular order, here are five lesser-known crypto trading apps and their key features.
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What is Venture Capital (VC)?
Venture Capital is a fund that pools investments from specialized investors or institutions and invests in start-ups.
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Crypto Trading APIs Are Powering a Crypto App Development Boom
Crypto APIs make crypto trading application development easier, faster, and cheaper by letting application developers plug into already existing platforms.
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What is a Debt Ratio?
The debt ratio measures the proportion of assets that are financed by debt. It is calculated by dividing total debt by total assets.
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13 Order Types You Should Know About When Investing
Learn about the 13 order types that Alpaca offers, starting with the basics and working through to more advanced order types.
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What is CAGR?
CAGR, or compound annual growth rate, is the average rate of exponential growth that takes place over a certain period
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What is the Nasdaq?
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, or Nasdaq, is the world’s first electronic stock exchange that lists over 4000 companies.