Term
|
Definition
| the income that an investment produces |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the defree to which an investment's return or value may change |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the possibility of variation in the return on your investment |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| strategy of making a variety of investments in order to reduce your exposure to risk |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| collection of investments |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| group of people who meet refularly to learn about investing and to make investments together |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| any retirement plan offered to a company's employees |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| type of defined-contribution pension plan to which the employee contributes on a pretax basis |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| personal savings plan that enables workers and their spouses to set aside money for retirement |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| IRA in which contributions are not tax-deductible |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| federally approved, deifined-contribution, tax-deffered retirement pan designed specifically for self employed people. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| ownership interest in the corporation |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| individuals units of ownership, available for purchase |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| investors who purchase shares of stocks |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| organized trading of stocks |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| central location where stocks are sold on a trading floor |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| payment to shareholders that represents a portion of the company's net profits |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| individual or firm that will buy and sell stock for clients according to their instructions |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| corporations and governments can obtain funds by issuing cerficates of debt |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a group of incestments that is held in common by many individual investors |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| legal document that provides potential investors with information about a mutual fund or other security |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| contract purchased from an insurance company |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| land and any structures on it |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| basic economic goods bought and sold in quantity |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| assets and liabilities left behind by a deceased person |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the process of making lefal and financial arrangements for how ones property should be administered before and after death |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| legal document in which a persons directs how his or her estate is to be distributed after death |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| individual who is in charge of handling the affairs of an estate |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| person or group designated to receive some or all of a deceased persons assests |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| person who dies without a valid will |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| legal arrangement that can serve as an alternative to a will |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| legal document assigning someone the right to act on a persons behalf |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| legal document that outlings a persons wishes for medical treatment under specific circumstances |
|
|
