Vocabulary Macro 11-1 JW
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| Savings | Income not used for consumption, not spent on wants. | ||||
| Investment | Money put to work to earn more money; allows for future benefit. | ||||
| Financial System | Allows the transfer of funds between savers and investors. Includes: Banks, insurance markets, bond markets, stock markets. | ||||
| Financial Asset | A claim on the property of the borrower. Examples of assets: savings account, CD, mortgage, stocks, bonds, Treasury bonds etc. | ||||
| Financial Market | A situation where buyers and sellers exchange a particular type of financial asset. Example: Stocks are purchased in a stock market. | ||||
| Mutual Fund | A pool of money that is managed by an investment company that gathers that money from individual investors and purchases a variety of financial assets. | ||||
| Capital Market | The market for buying long-term financial assets. Example: long-term (more than a year) CD or a mortgage are sold in capital markets. | ||||
| Money Market | The market for buying short-term (less than a year) financial asets. Examples include: 6 month CD or 26 week Treasury bill. | ||||
| Primary market | The market for buying newly created financial assets directly from source. | ||||
| Secondary market | The market where financial assets are re-sold. | ||||
| Financial Asset | A financial asset that can be offered up for sale. | ||||
| Economic Investment | Money lent to businesses | ||||
| Personal Investment | Individuals putting money into savings accounts, CDs, stocks, bonds, or mutual funds. | ||||
| Economic Investment | Refers to money lent to businesses. |
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Created by:
joannw15
on 2010-10-20