Across
- 2. The practice of investing in a large variety of stocks, bonds, and/or funds as a way to reduce your overall risk.
- 4. A single unit of a stock. For example, if you are interested in investing in a company called ABC, you will buy 100 shares of ABC stock.
- 6. A person, company, or institution that owns at least one share of a company’s stock.
- 7. 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.
- 10. A marketplace in New York City, New York, where traders can trade all types of securities.
- 11. Degree of uncertainty on how likely the investor is to make money on an investment.
- 12. The ratio of money gained or lost on an investment relative to the amount of money invested; also known as return on investment (ROI).
- 14. A collection of stocks and/or bonds combined into one fund which will be traded as a unit, typically chosen and actively managed by an "expert" in exchange for a fee from each investor.
- 15. The money that is used to purchase assets in the hope that the asset will generate income over time or appreciate (increase value) over time. Example: stocks, or bonds.
Down
- 1. The efficiency or ease with which an asset or security can be converted into ready cash without affecting its market price.
- 3. The process of exchanging present income (setting money aside) to produce earnings at some future date. Increasing wealth overtime for long-term financial goals such as retirement.
- 4. A market where shares in corporations are bought and sold through an organized system.
- 5. Money from the profits of a company that is paid out to its shareholders, typically on a quarterly basis.
- 8. Mutual funds that typically invest in a variety of bonds. The money is often combined with other investors.
- 9. A collection of financial investments like stocks, bonds, cash, and real estate.
- 13. 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.
