Investing Vocab Flashcards
An individual who owns stocks or mutual funds
Shareholder
Loan to a company or the government
Bond
Employer sponsored retirement plan
401K
Likelihood or possibility of losing some or all of an investment
Risk
How companies are identified on a stock exchange
Ticker symbol
Decrease in stock market prices by 20% over time
Bear market
When the value of a stock increase
Stock appreciation
What you own minus what you owe
Net worth
Interest earned on interest
Compound interest
Place where investors buy and sell stocks
NYSE
Consistently investing a certain amount of money at a specific time
Dollar cost averaging
Collection of you investments or assets
Portfolio
Having several different types of investments in your portfolio
Diversification
Account that allows investors to purchase a variety of investments
Brokerage account
Individual who helps people manage their money and investments
Financial advisor
Partial ownership of a company
Stock
Investment that pulls money from other investors to purchase stocks and bonds 
Mutual fund
Index that measures how the stock market is doing
S&P 500
Amount of lost an investor is willing or able to take
Risk tolerance
Retirement account set up by an individual
Roth IRA
Increase in stock market prices by 20% overtime 
Bull market
Money paid by a company to its stockholders out of its profits 
Dividend
Collection of stocks that follow a stock market index 
Index fund
Organization that regulates the stock market and protects investors 
SEC
