Chapter 10 Flashcards
Liquidy
The availability of liquid assets to the market or company
Financial intermediaries
Institution that helps channel funds from savers to borrowers
Mutual funds
Pulls the savings of many individuals and invest the one dollar bill and a variety of stocks and bonds and other financial assets
Life insurance companies
Provide financial protection of those who are insured
Pension funds
And can you get after retiring
Savings bond
Load domination bond issued by the United States government
Treasury bonds notes and bills
Back by the full faith and credit of the government these are among the safest investments in terms of default risks
Municipal bonds
A bond issued by state or local government to finance such improvements such as highways or public places
Corporate bonds
Corporate issue these to raise money to expand. interest is text as ordinary income
Junk bonds
Lower rates potentially higher paying bond. Investors probably will face issuing firms defaulting on their debt
Primary markets
Selling financial assets that can only be redeemed by the original holder
Secondary markets
Reselling financial assets
Bull market
Steady rise in stock market overtime
Bear market
Study drop in stock market overtime
Dow Jones industrial average
Index that shows how certain stocks have traded