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| Increase in the value of an investment |
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| Income earned when selling price is greater than the purchase price |
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| A share in the ownership of a corporation |
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| Portion of a company's earnings paid to stockholders |
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| Earn dividends declared by the company |
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| Reciving regular dividends at a set rate |
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| Formal market where securities are bought and sold by stockbrokers |
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| An agent who buys and sells securities for clients |
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| Certificate od debt issued by a corporation or government |
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| created by pooling the money of many people and investing it in a collection of securities |
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| Fund's assets minus its liabilities |
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| Type of mutual fund that deals only in high intrest, short-term investments, certificates of deposit, and commercial paper |
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| Extended period of consumer confidence and optimism when stock prices rise |
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| Extended period of uncertainty and pessimism |
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| Collectio of securities and other assets a person owns |
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| Spreading risk by putting money in a variety of investments |
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| Legal document that gives a detailed description of a security |
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| Strategy of investing a fixed dollar amount at regular intervals such as monthly, without reguard to the price of the investment at the time you buy it |
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| Contract with an insurance company that provides regular income for a set period of time, usually for life |
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| Refers to the assets and liabilities a person leaves when he or she dies |
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| Person appionted to carry out the terms outlined in their will |
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| Legal document stating a person's wishes for his or her estate of death |
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| Person or institution named to manage assets on behalf of the beneficiaries |
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| Statement of instructions for specific medical treatment if a person becomes unable to make medical decisions |
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| Legal document that gives a named trustee the authority tto manage the assets in an estate on behalf of the beneficiaries |
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| Government institution the processes a deceased indivisduals will and estate |
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