Investing Vocab

A savings account you can access quickly to pay for unexpected expenses or emergencies

• Emergency Fund

• Just in case account

• Hybrid Savings

• Money Market

A Bond is

• Basically a loan, except you're the lender

• Share of a corporation

• A term referring to a category of investments

• When you feel close to someone or have a connection

The amount of money you gain from an investment.

• Capital Loss

• Doubled up

• Speculative Investment

• Capital Gains

The sale of an investment for less that its purchase price

• Mutual Funds

• Sales Withdrawal

• Capital Loss

• Investment deduction

A collection of investments that you can buy as a single package, rather than purchasing individual stocks, bonds, and other investments yourself.

• Investment Bonds

• Stocks

• Bonds

• Mutual Funds

Financial Planner

• A person who plans weddings

• A person who teaches you how to pick checking accounts

• A specialist who is trained to offer specific financial help and advice

• An individual who has a license to buy and sell stocks and other investments on one or more stock exchanges.

Distributions of money, stock, or other property that a corporation pays to stockholders

• Diversification

• Dividends

• Stock Exchange

• Portfolio

The process of spreading your assets among several different types of investments to reduce risk

• Dividends

• Diversification

• Bonds

• Mutual Funds

An investment that appreciates and gets more valuable over time, like a savings account.

• Depreciation

• Stock Value Adjustments

• Capital Gains

• Appreciation

__________ stands for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations.

• NASDAQ

• NYSE

• NYC

• DOW