Investing Flashcards
The use of long term savings to earn a financial return
Investing
A rise in the general level of prices
Inflation
A technique for estimating the number of years required to double your money at a given rate of return
Rule of 72
Your first amount set aside for investment purposes only
Initial investing
Making investments on regular and planned basis
Systematic investing
A collection of investments
Portfolio
The careful management of investment alternatives to maximize growth of your portfolio over the next five to ten years
Strategic investing
Making bold and high risk investment choices
Speculative investment
The chance that an investments value will decrease
Investing risk
The spreading of risk amount many types of investments
Diversification
Investment choices that should be reevaluated within a year or less
Temporary investments
Investment choices that are held for the long run of five or longer
Permanent investments
Investors who will like to take on a great deal of risk
Risk takers
Those afraid to make investments in which they might lose some or all of their investments
Risk averse
Investors who like to take on a great deal of risk
Risk takers