Financial Investments

What is the least liquid of all consumer investments?

• Real Estate

• Mutual Funds

• Savings Accounts

• Gold

This represents a piece of ownership in a company.

• Certicate

• Option

• Share of stock

• Mutual fund

Great for emergency funds due to their liquidity and stability

• Savings Accounts

• CD's - Certificate of Deposits

• Retirement Account

• Brokerage Account

The practice of dividing the money a person invests between several different types of investments in order to lower risk; Spread around

• Day Trading

• Diversification

• Globalization

• Investing

Quality of an asset that permits it to be converted quickly into cash without loss of value; availability of money

• Diversification

• Globalization

• Risk-Return Ration

• Liquidity

Relationship of substantial reward compared to the amount of risk taken

• Diversification

• Return-Risk Ratio

• Risk Tolerance

• Viaticalization

Buying the beneficiary position on a life insurance policy of someone who is dying

• Viatical

• Pensioning

• Trusteeship

• Commodities

Bad investments because they result in price distortions and are highly volatile

• Gold

• Commodities

• Mutual Funds

• IRA Accounts

Your return is the fluctuation in price and the interest rate paid

• Stocks

• Bonds

• Futures

• Commodities

Structured and maintained to match the investment objectives stated in its prospectus

• Corporation

• Partnership

• Mutual Fund

• Stock Exchange