| A | B |
| Inflation | The rise in the general level of prices |
| Inflation Risk | The danger that money won’t be worth as much in the future as it is today |
| Investment | Assets purchased with the goal of providing additional income from the asset itself but with the risk of loss |
| Investment Philosophy | An individual’s general approach to investment risk |
| Investment Risk | The possibility that an investment will fail to pay the expected return or fail to pay a return at all |
| Market Price | The current price that a buyer is willing to pay |
| Maturity Date | The specified time in the future when the principal (or initial investment) amount of the bond is repaid to the bondholder |
| Mutual Fund | Created when a company combines the funds of many different investors and then invests that money in a diversified portfolio of investments |
| Portfolio Diversification | Reduces risk by spreading money among a wide array of investments |