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5.03 first half
vocabulary test study
Term | Definition |
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Bond | A form of lending to a company or the government (city, state, or federal) |
Brokerage Firm | Facilitates the buying and selling of investments from a stock exchange |
Capital Gain | Unearned income received from the sale of an asset above its purchase price |
Discount Brokerage Firm | Only completes orders to buy and sell investments |
Dividend | The share of profits distributed in cash |
Financial Adviser | A trained professional that helps people make investing decisions |
Full-Service Brokerage Firm | Offer investment transactions as well as investment advice and a financial adviser |
Index | A group of similar stocks and bonds |
Index Fund | A mutual fund that was designed to reduce fees by investing in the stocks and bonds that make up an index |
Inflation | The rise in the general level of prices |
Inflation Risk | The danger that money won’t be worth as much in the future as it is today |
Investment | Assets purchased with the goal of providing additional income from the asset itself but with the risk of loss |
Investment philosophy | An individual’s general approach to investment risk |
Investment Risk | The possibility that an investment will fail to pay the expected return or fail to pay a return at all |