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The amount of $ you earn as profit based on your deposited amount, usually expressed as a percentage.

• interest rate

• nominal fee

• index fund

• certificate of deposit

Money set aside for unanticipated expenses or loss of income.

• pocket cash

• checking account

• emergency fund

• index fund

An investment option with a low interest rate that is with a banking institution.

• checking account

• savings account

• individual stocks

• government bonds

An investment option with a fixed interest rate for a fixed period of time. The rates will typically be higher than a savings account.

• index fund

• individual stock

• checking account

• certificate of deposit

Time period an investment is intended to last.

• term

• interest rate

• penalty

• fortnight

The end date for a bond or a CD (certificate of deposit), aka the date when you can get your money back.

• term

• maturity date

• payday

• Ides of March

A market where shares in corporations are bought and sold through an organized system.

• farmer's market

• stock market

• mutual fund

• index fund

A share of the value of the company, which can be bought, sold, or traded as an investment and which gives the investor partial ownership of the company.

• index fund

• certificate of deposit

• stock

• lock

A collection of stocks and/or bonds combined into one fund which will be traded as a unit, typically chosen and actively managed by an expert in exchange for a fee from each investor.

• certificate of deposit

• stock market

• money market account

• mutual fund

A sudden and extreme downturn in stock performance/value.

• crash

• boom

• rise

• sinkhole