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| Mutual Fund | A professionally managed group of investments. |
| Family of Funds | A variety of funds covering a whole range of investment objectives |
| Liquid, Diversified and Professionally Managed | Mutual Funds |
| Growth Funds | The goal is to buy stocks that will increase in value over time. |
| Income Funds | Looking for money now and is low to moderate risk |
| Money Market Funds | Modest current income, little risk |
| Global Funds | International stocks and bonds |
| Dow Jones | Measures the top 30 blue chip companies ratings. |
| Prospectus | legal document that offers securities or mutual fund shares for sale |
| Load | sales fee paid to a broker |
| Front-end load | Pays fees upfront |
| Back-end-load | Pays fees when you sell investments. |
| Depreciation | The decrease in value. |
| Futures | Contracts to buy & sell stocks/commodities for a specific price and date. |
| Put Option | The right to sell stock at a fixed price until the expiration. |
| Balanced Funds | Minimizes risk by investing in a mixture of stocks and bonds |
