Let's be honest: unless you work in the freight industry, it's easy to think of a semi-trailer as just a big cargo box on wheels. In reality, there's a whole variety of semi-trailers out there, each ...

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Sales loads are fees paid when buying or selling mutual funds, not included in expense ratios. Three types of sales loads exist: front-end, back-end, and level loads, each affecting investment ...

1. Power-factor triangle relates the real power, the reactive power, and the apparent power. (Courtesy of Vector Group) Let’s start by talking about the concept of power factor (PF). Assuming ...

The use of load-bearing vests is migrating from troops to cops as more law enforcement agencies look to curb how much weight an officer or sheriff has to carry around his or her waist. Over the past ...

A no-load fund is a mutual fund whose units are transacted without a transaction commission or "load". It is unlike a front-end loaded or back-end loaded fund, where sales charges are incurred either ...