Bonds, Stocks and More

A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the bondholder and returns the principal on the bond's maturity date

• Savings Account

• Bond

• Mutual Fund

• Certificate of Deposit

A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the bondholder and returns the principal on the bond's maturity date

• Asset

• Asset Gain

• Government Gain

• Capital Gain

The annual interest payment on a bond, usually expressed as a percentage of its face value

• Coupon

• Groupon

The practice of investing in a large variety of stocks, bonds, and/or funds as a way to as a way to reduce your overall risk

• Saving

• Dividends

• Diversification

Money from the profits of a company that is paid out to its shareholders, typically on a quarterly basis

• Interest

• Dividend

• Part total

An index that tracks the stocks of a set group of 30 large, well-established, financially sound companies that are leaders in their industries

• Dow Jones Industrial Average

• Fortune 500

A low-fee portfolio of stocks chosen to track or mimic a stock market index, thereby removing the human element of investing because no one is choosing the individual stocks

• Index cards

• Index Fund

• ETF'S

• Financial Fund

An investing tool for individuals to earmark funds specifically for their retirement

• IRA Individual Retirement Account

• RPF Retirement Payment Fund

• SRA Senior Retirement Account

The first time a company becomes publicly traded by issuing stock that may be bought and sold on the market

• SMI Stock Market Introduction

• IPO Initial Public Offering

• SFS Stocks For Sale

A bond, often having tax advantages for individual investors, issued by a state or local government which typically uses the loan to pay for public works to benefit its citizens. This is a Municipal Bond

• True

• False