Personal Finance Game

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162
Across
  1. 1. A type of insurance that covers medical and surgical expenses.
  2. 3. Goods - Products that are purchased for consumption by the average consumer. Services - A system supplying a public need such as transport, communications, or utilities such as electricity and water.
  3. 6. Credit advanced to consumers for the purchase of goods or services.
  4. 9. The deposit of funds directly into a bank account.
  5. 10. The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community.
  6. 12. The action of buying something.
  7. 14. An institution which accepts deposits, makes business loans, and offers related services.
  8. 20. The price of an asset in the marketplace.
  9. 22. Any government system that provides monetary assistance to people with an inadequate or no income.
  10. 25. An initial payment made when something is bought on credit.
  11. 27. The income return on an investment.
  12. 28. A type of life insurance with a limited coverage period.
  13. 29. The extent that an asset or security can be bought or sold in the market without affecting the price.
  14. 30. The total revenue in an accounting period minus all expenses during the same period.
  15. 31. A range of investments held by a person or organization.
  16. 32. A business that does work for a customer and occasionally provides goods, but is not involved in manufacturing.
  17. 35. An account used to set aside funds needed in the event of a personal financial dilemma.
  18. 36. An investment in a business enterprise in a country other than the investorʼs country designed to acquire a controlling interest in the foreign business enterprise.
  19. 37. The process of freeing or state of being free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.
  20. 38. A person who derives advantage from something.
  21. 40. A legal status of a person or other entity that cannot repay debts to creditors.
  22. 41. A plan for the coordination of resources and expenditures.
  23. 42. The date on which the principal amount of a note, draft, acceptance bond or another debt instrument becomes due and is repaid to the investor and interest payments stop.
  24. 43. An evaluation of the credit risk of a prospective debtor, predicting their ability to pay back the debt, and an implicit forecast of the likelihood of the debtor defaulting.
  25. 44. A person or company to whom money is due.
  26. 46. A non-profit financial institution that provides financial services for their members.
  27. 47. The annual rate charged for borrowing or earned through an investment, and it is expressed as a percentage that represents the actual yearly cost of funds over the term of a loan.
  28. 48. An investment vehicle made up of a pool of moneys collected from many investors for the purpose of investing in securities such as stocks, bonds, money market instruments and other assets.
  29. 51. A certificate issued by a bank to a person depositing money for a specified length of time.
  30. 56. The amount of taxation that a business or an individual incurs based on current tax laws.
  31. 58. The process where the value of an investment increases because the earnings on an investment, both capital gains and interest, earn interest as time passes.
  32. 59. An investing tool used by individuals to earn and earmark funds for retirement savings.
  33. 60. Any fee representing the cost of credit, or the cost of borrowing.
  34. 61. The action of subtracting something.
  35. 62. The potential to make a certain amount of money based on your income or job.
Down
  1. 2. A resource with economic value that an individual, corporation, or country owns or controls with the expectation that it will provide future benefit.
  2. 4. The process by which an employee accrues non-forfeitable rights over employer- provided stock incentives or employer contributions made to the employeeʼs qualified retirement plan account or pension plan.
  3. 5. A company benefit plan which provides employees with perks on top of minimum coverage in medical insurance, retirement benefits, etc.
  4. 7. A portfolio strategy designed to reduce exposure to risk by combining a variety of investments.
  5. 8. The amount of money that must be paid by an individual before an insurance provider will pay any expenses.
  6. 11. An insurance that provides an income in case an illness or accident prevents an individual from working at their regular job.
  7. 13. The loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.
  8. 15. Something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default.
  9. 16. A relatively small fee that a health insurer requires the patient to pay for a medical expense.
  10. 17. Protects the insured from loss to the contents of the dwelling rather than the dwelling itself.
  11. 18. The short and long-term financial planning by an individual.
  12. 19. A federal health program that subsidized people who are elderly or fall under other criteria.
  13. 21. A feature for a checking account that provides a loan if a check is bounced.
  14. 23. An interest-bearing account that typically pays a higher interest rate than a savings account, and which provides the account holder with limited check-writing ability.
  15. 24. Analysis and adjustment of differences between the cash balance shown on a bank statement, and the amount shown in the account holderʼs records.
  16. 26. The gain or loss on an investment over a specified time period, expressed as a percentage of the investmentʼs cost.
  17. 33. The charge for the privilege of borrowing money.
  18. 34. A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing values of money.
  19. 36. A taxable payment declared by a companyʼs board of directors and given to its shareholders out of the companyʼs current or retained earnings, usually quarterly.
  20. 39. A process that fosters the exchange of information and ideas among individuals or groups that share a common interest.
  21. 43. An institution which accepts deposits, makes business loans, and offers related services.
  22. 45. Provide funding for.
  23. 49. A retirement plan that requires an employer to make contributions into a pool of funds set aside for a workerʼs future benefit.
  24. 50. A company's financial debt or obligations that arise during the business' obligations.
  25. 51. An insurance policy in which the individual and the insurance provider share costs after the deductible is met.
  26. 52. A shortcut to estimate the number of years required to double your money at a given annual rate of return.
  27. 53. Tax levied by a government directly on income, especially an annual tax on personal income.
  28. 54. Audit by the IRS or other tax-collecting agency to determine whether a taxpayer has paid the correct amount of tax.
  29. 55. A brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience.
  30. 57. A fixed sum of money paid to someone each year, typically for the rest of their life.