A type of savings that signifies that you own a part of a corporation and a claim to their assets and earnings.

An amount of money paid by a company regularly to it's shareholders

An investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified

The amount you earn as profit from your investment based on your deposited amount, usually expressed as a percentage

The act of investing in a large variety of stocks, bonds and/or alternative investments, like gold or real estate, as a way to reduce your overall risk.

The overall collection of investments held by a person.

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

Degree of uncertainty on how likely the investor is to make money on an investment

A certificate issued by a bank to a person depositing money for a specified length of time.

An investment that can be turned into cash.