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financial advisers | Professional investment planners are called _____. |
inflation | ____is a rise in the general level of prices |
investing | ____is the use of savings to earn a financial return. |
risk | The chance that an investment's value will decrease is called ___. |
annual report | A(n) ___ is a document that gives the financial history of a corporation. |
diversification | The spreading of risk among many types of investments is called ____. |
Rule of 72 | A formula used to estimate time or rate to double your money |
Stock | ___represents ownership in a corporation |
Bonds | ___are debt obligations of corporations or a government. |
mutual fund | pools of money of many investors and buys a large selection of securities |
annuity | a contract issued by an insurance company to pay you regular income |
doscount bond | bond is purchased for less than its maturity value. |
futures | contracts to buy and sell commodities for aspecified price on a specified future date. |
penny stocks | Low-priced stocks of small companies that have no track record |
option | the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a commodity or stock for a specified price within a specified time period. |