Mod 4 Business Flashcards

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Emergency Fund

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A savings accounts containing enough money to help you pay for unexpected expenses without going into debt

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Investment Horizon

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The number of years until you need to use the money that you have invested

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Liquidity

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The ease of converting an investment to cash; the easier to convert, the more liquid the investment

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Asset Allocation

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The process of spreading money across several different types of investments to reduce risk

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Capital Preservation

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An investment goal aimed at avoiding loss of funds

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Large-Cap Stocks

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Shares of companies with a market capitalization (i.e, overall equailty value) of more than $10 billion

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Makert Capitalization

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The total vaule of a company’s equity as measured by multiplying its common share price by the number of common shares outstanding

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Blue-Chip Stocks

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Select large-cap shares of industry leaders that have provided their shareholders with stable earnings over a number of years

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Mutual Fund

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A fund that pools money from many investors to purchase a variety of differnet securities and is typically actively managed by a portfolio manager

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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

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A fun that invests in shares or other securities to track the movement of an index or industrial sector

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Index

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A select list of securities that generally reflects the performance of a particular type of investment or market

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Rate Of Return

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The performance of an investment that is measured by divided the dollar amount of the investment gain or loss by the original amount invested; expressed as a percentage

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Risk Management

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The process of identifying and evaluating risks and selecting and managing techniques to adopt to risk exposures

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Peril

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A harzard or a source of danger

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Speculative Risk

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Risk that accompanies that possibility of earning a profit

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Self-Insurance

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The process of establishing a monetary fund that can be used to cover the cost of a loss

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Insurer (or Insurance Company)

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A company that agree, for a fee, to assume financial responsibility for losses that may result from a specific risk

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Premium

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The fee charged by an insurance company

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Insurance Poilcy

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The contract between an insurer and the person or company whose risk is assumed

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Insurance

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The protection against loss that the purchase of an insurance policy affords

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Insurable Risk

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A risk that insurance companies will assume

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Uninsurance Risk

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A risk that insurance companies will not assume

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Principle Of Indemnity

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In the event of a loss, an insured organization or individual cannot collect from the surer an amount greater than the actual dollar amount of the loss

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The Law Of Large Numbers

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Predictions by insurance compnies to calculate premiums based on likelihood that a peril will occur

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Employment Insurance
Payment of benefits to laid-off workers while they seek new jobs
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Workers' Compensation
Payments to cover the expenses of job-related injuries and diseases, including medical costs, rehabilitation, and job retraining if necessary
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Canada Pension Plan (CPP)
Provides retirement, disability, death, and health benefits
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Provincial/Territorial Health Care
Health insurance progroms provided by the provinces
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Extented Coverage
Insurance protection against damage caused by wind, hail, explosion, vandalism, roits or civil commotion, falling aircraft, and smoke
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Fidelity Bond
An insurance policy that protects a business from theft, forgery, or embezzlement by its employees
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Public Liability Insurance
Protects the policyholder from financial losses due to injuries suffered by others as a result of negligence on the part of a business owner or employee
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Product Liability Insurance
Protects the policyholder from financial losses due to injuries suffered by others as a result of using the plocyholder's products
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Business Interruption Insurance
Covers costs such as rental of temporary facilities, wage and salary payments to employees, payment for leased equipment, fixed payments, and profits that would have been earned during that period
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Life Insurance
Pays a stated amount of money on the death of insured individual
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Beneficiary
Person or organization named in a lofe insurance policy as a recipient of the process of the policy on the death of the insured
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Term Life Insurance
Provides protection to beneficiaries for a stated period of time
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WHhole Life Insurance
Life insurance that provides both protection and savings
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Endowment Life Insuranced
Life insurance tha tprovides protection and guarantees the payment of a stated amount to the policyholder after a specified number of years
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Cash Surrender Value
The amount of payable to the holder of a whole life insurance policy if the policy is cancelled
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Universal Life Insurance
Combines insurance protection with an investment plan that offers a potentially greater return than that guaranteed by a whole life insurance policy