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Unit 2: SIV
Selecting Investments Vocab
| WORD | DEFENITION |
|---|---|
| Diversification | An Investment strategy in which you spread your investment dollars among industry sectors. |
| Industry | A group of companies that make the same products. |
| Portfolio | A collection of investments owned by one individual or organization. |
| Risk | The chance of losing all or part of the value of an investment. |
| Bonds | An IOU that a company or government when it borrows money. Bonds are called fixed-income investments because they pay a fixed amount of interest to the bondholder who bought this IOU. |
| High-Yeild Bonds | To attract investors, the issuers of these bonds pay a higher rate of interest than investment |