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- 3. A low-free portfolio of stocks and/ or bonds that are traded on securities exchanges. Unlike mutual Funds. they can be traded throughout the day like an individual stock.
- 4. A financial asset, such as a stock or bond, that can be bought and sold in a financial planner.
- 8. The process of setting money aside to increase wealth over time for long-term financial goals such as retirement.
- 9. A share of the value of a company, which can be bought, sold, or traded as an investment and which gives the investor small partial ownership of the company.
- 11. The annual interest payment on a bond, usually expressed as a percentage of its face value.
- 13. An application that allows users to regularly save small sums of money.
- 18. Profit from the sale of an asset, such as a stock or a bond, calculated by subtracting the price you initially paid from the price you then sold it for.
- 20. A market where shares in corporations are ought and sold through an organized system.
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- 1. A measurement of the likelihood that a bondholder will be paid back.
- 2. (IRA) An investing tool for individuals to earmark funds specifically for their retirement.
- 5. A market in which there is increased stock trading and rising stock prices.
- 6. A retirement account, offered in some job sectors or companies, that an employer maintains to give an employee a fixed payout at retirement.
- 7. The practice of putting a fixed amount into an investment over a period of time, regardless of the price of that investment.
- 10. An individual retirement account that allows a person to set aside after-tax income up to a specified amount each year.
- 12. A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the bondholder and returns the principal on the bond´s maturity date.
- 14. The rate at which the price of goods increases and consumer purchasing power decreases over time.
- 15. A Federal program that provides monthly benefits to millions of Americans, including retirees, military families, surviving families of deceased workers, and disabled individuals.
- 16. The second largest stock exchange in the world behind the NYSE.
- 17. Degree of uncertainty on how likely the investor is to make money on an investment.
- 19. A group of financial instruments which have similar financial characteristics and behave similarly in the marketplace (like stocks, bonds, and cash).