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Vocab

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Term
Definition
Bond   A form of lending to a company or the government. (city, state, or federal)  
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Brokerage Firm   Facilitates the buying and selling of investments from a stock exchange.  
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Capital Gain   Unearned income received from the sale of an asset above its purchase price.  
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Discount Brokerage Firm   Only completes orders to buy and sell investments.  
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Dividend   The share of profits distributed in cash.  
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Financial Advisor   A trained professional that helps people make investing decisions.  
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Full-Service Brokerage Firm   Offer investment transactions as well as investment advice and a financial advisor.  
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Index   A group of similar stocks and bonds.  
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Index Fund   A mutual fund that was designed to reduce fees by investing in the stocks and bonds that make up an index.  
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Inflation   The rise in the general level of prices.  
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Inflation Risk   The danger that money won't be worth as much in the future as it is today.  
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Investment   Assets purchased with the goal of providing additional income from the asset itself but with the risk of loss.  
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Investment Philosophy   An individual's general approach to investment risk.  
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Investment Risk   The possibility that an investment will fail to pay the expected return or fail to pay a return at all.  
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Market Price   The current price that a buyer is willing to pay.  
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Maturity Date   The specified time in the future when the principal (or initial investment) amount of the bond is repaid to the bondholder.  
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Mutual Fund   Created when a company combines the funds of many different investers and then invests that money in a diversified portfolio of investments.  
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Portfolio Diversification   Reduces risk by spreading money among a wide array of investments.  
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Rate of Return   The total return on an investment expressed as an percentage of the amount of money saved.  
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Rent   A fee charged for the use of property or land.  
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Return   The profit or income generated by saving and investment.  
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Risk   The chance of loss from an event that cannot be entirely controlled.  
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Speculative Investments   Have the potential for significant fluctuations in return over a short period of time.  
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Stock   A share of ownership in a company.  
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Stockholder/Shareholder   The owner of a stock.  
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Stock Exchange   An organized, central service to buy and sell stocks, bonds and other investments that are traded.  
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Tax-Advantaged Investments   Reduce, defer, or adjust the current year tax liability.  
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