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investment
Term | Definition |
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annuity | a fixed sum of money paid to someone each year, typically for the rest of their life. |
bond | a debt instrument by which which companies owe you money. |
C.D. | A savings certificate entitling the bearer to receive interest. |
commodity | a marketable item produced to satisfy wants or needs. |
diversification | reducing non-systematic risk by investing in a variety of assets. |
dividend | a payment made by a corporation to its shareholders, usually as a distribution of profits. |
fixed annuity | help stabilize income from investments |
liquidity | The degree to which an asset or security can be bought or sold in the market without affecting the asset's price. |
Investments | the action or process of investing money for profit or material result |
Growth Stock Mutual Funds | |
Large-Cap Fund | |
Money Market | the trade in short-term loans between banks and other financial institutions. |
Mid-Cap Fund | |
Risk | a situation involving exposure to danger |
International Stock Mutual Funds | |
Risk/Return Ratio | |
Savings Account | a bank account that earns interest. |
Share | a part or portion of a larger amount that is divided among a number of people |
Single Stocks | a single-stock future (SSF) is a type of futures contracts between two parties to exchange a specified number of stocks in a company. |
Small- Cap Fund | |
Speculative | engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge |
Track Record | the best recorded performance in a particular track-and-field event at a particular track. |
Variable Annuity |