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Per. Finance
Question | Answer |
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mutual fund that seeks to provide maximum long-term capital growth from stocks of primarily smaller companies or narrow market segments | Aggressive Growth Stock Mutual Fund |
contract sold by an insurance company, designed to provide payments to the holder at specified intervals, usually after retirement | Annuity |
debt instrument where an issuer such as a corporation, municipality or government agency owes you money | Bond |
Certificate of deposit usually at a bank, saving account with a slightly higher interest rate because of a longer saving commitment | C.D. |
a food, metal, or fixed physical substance that investors buy or sell usually via future contracts | Commodity |
To spread around ones investment dollars among several different classes of financial asses and among the securities of many issuers, results in lower risk | Diversification |
Distribution of a portion of a company's earnings, decided by the board of directors, to a class of its shareholders; generally distributed in the form of cash or stock | Dividend |
Type of annuity that guarantees a certain rate of return; see annuity | Fixed Annuity |
A term used to designate al contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange | Futures |
Account or arrangement in which one would put their money for long-term growth; should not be withdrawn for a suggested minimum of five years | Investment |
Fund that buys stock in medium-sized companies that have experienced some growth and are still expanding; also called a mid-cap fund | Growth Stock Mutual Fund |
Funds comprised of large, well-established companies | Large-Cap Fund |
Quality of an asset that permits in to be converted quickly into cash without loss of value; availability of money; when there is more liquidly, there is typically less return | Liquidity |
Mutual fund containing a group of medium sided companies that are growing | Med-Cap Fund |
Mutural fund that seeks to maintain a stable share price and to earn current income by investing interest-bearing instruments with short term (usually 90 days or less) maturities | Money Market |
Degree of uncertainty of return on an asset; in business, the likelihood or loss of reduced profit | Risk |
Mutural fund that contains international or overseas companies | International Stock |
Relationship of substantial reward in comparisons to the amount of risk taken | Risk Return Ratio |
Accounts at financial instructions that allow regular deposits withdrawals. | Savings Account |