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Investing Vocab Flashcards

1
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An individual who owns stocks or mutual funds

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Shareholder

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2
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Loan to a company or the government

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Bond

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3
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Employer sponsored retirement plan

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401K

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4
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Likelihood or possibility of losing some or all of an investment

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Risk

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5
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How companies are identified on a stock exchange

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Ticker symbol

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6
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Decrease in stock market prices by 20% over time

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Bear market

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7
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When the value of a stock increase

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Stock appreciation

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8
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What you own minus what you owe

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Net worth

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9
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Interest earned on interest

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Compound interest

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10
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Place where investors buy and sell stocks

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NYSE

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11
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Consistently investing a certain amount of money at a specific time

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Dollar cost averaging

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12
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Collection of you investments or assets

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Portfolio

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13
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Having several different types of investments in your portfolio

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Diversification

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14
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Account that allows investors to purchase a variety of investments

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Brokerage account

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15
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Individual who helps people manage their money and investments

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Financial advisor

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16
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Partial ownership of a company

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Stock

17
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Investment that pulls money from other investors to purchase stocks and bonds 

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Mutual fund

18
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Index that measures how the stock market is doing

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S&P 500

19
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Amount of lost an investor is willing or able to take

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Risk tolerance

20
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Retirement account set up by an individual

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Roth IRA

21
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Increase in stock market prices by 20% overtime 

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Bull market

22
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Money paid by a company to its stockholders out of its profits 

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Dividend

23
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Collection of stocks that follow a stock market index 

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Index fund

24
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Organization that regulates the stock market and protects investors 

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SEC

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