Investments Flashcard

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An asset or item acquired with the goal of generating income or appreciation over time

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Investment

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A popular profitability metric used to evaluate how well an investment has performed.

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Return on Investment (ROI)

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Owning a wide variety of investments with different characteristics to reduce volatility

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Diversification

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A _____, also known as equity, is a security that represents the ownership of a fraction of the issuing corporation.

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Stock

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A fixed-income instrument that represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower (typically corporate or governmental)

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Bond

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A managed fund that pools money from shareholders to invest in securities.

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Mutual Fund

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An exchange-traded fund is a type of pooled investments security that holds multiple underlying assets, rather than only one.

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ETF

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A digital or virtual currency secured by cryptography and based on a network that is distributed across a large number of computers.

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Cryptocurrency

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Property consisting of land and any permanent structures or improvements on the land, whether natural or man-made.

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Real Estate

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Unique items that are relatively rare or highly valued (art work, baseball cards, coins, classic automobiles, antiques)

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Collectibles