| A | B |
| business | organization that produces or exchanges goods/service |
| choice | course of action taken |
| decision | conclusion |
| dividend | share of company's net profits |
| exchange | trading a good/service |
| investing | intention of making a financial gain |
| stock market | buying and selling of stock |
| markets | where or how goods/services are exchanged |
| money | anything accepted as payment |
| price | amount of $ paid/received for goods/services |
| profit | revenue - costs |
| rate of return | earnings from investment stated as a % |
| stock | ownership share in a corporation |
| investment | amount of $ invested in stocks, bonds, etc. |
| bonds | lending $ to govt/corporation; fixed rate of return |
| mutual funds | experts invest your $ in the markets |
| diversification | investing in a wide variety of investments |
| financial assets | stocks, bonds, mutual funds |
| financial markets | anyplace where investments are exchanged |
| risk and reward pyramid | relationship between safe and speculative investments |