Investing Vocabulary

4. the collection of different investments an individual or company may have.
6. Experts recommend that you have a diverse portfolio as a way to ensure you make the highest profits with the lowest risks.
9. a group of investors and pool your money to make greater profit or to have less risk.
11. the money you make off of your investments.
14. and other types of valuable physical items can be investments.
15. are certificates that state an investor has bought a share or stake in a company.
16. is calculated only on the principal amount, and the interest is added to the account at the end of the term.
18. Connect traders with the stock market, and they receive payment for that service. Help individuals trade.
19. is calculated on the principal amount and the interest that has already accumulated in the account. The interest is added to the principal to create a new base for calculating the next round of interest.

1. a type of savings account that have high interest rates, but do not allow you withdraw money for a period of time.
2. a type of financial service offered that allows depositor to place money into an account to save.
3. is a certificate representing the purchaser’s agreement to lend money to a business or government on the promise that the debt will be paid back—with interest—at a specific time.
5. Trade on the stock market using their money. Trade on their own or for an investment company.
7. A trading network that connects investors looking to buy and sell stocks
8. the cost of borrowing money
10. placing your money or assets into an opportunity, in hopes that it will make you profit.
12. Are organized marketplaces where shares of ownership in companies are traded between buyers and sellers.
13. Only wealthy people can invest their money.
17. when an induvial stops working, often at an old age. A life event you have to plan for.