| A | B |
|---|
| pany or the government (city, state, or federal)A form of lending to a com | Bond |
| Facilitates the buying and selling of investments from a stock exchange | Brokerage Firm |
| Unearned income received from the sale of an asset above its purchase price | Capital Gain |
| Only completes orders to buy and sell investments | Discount Brokerage Firm |
| The share of profits distributed in cash | Dividend |
| A group of similar stocks and bonds | Index |
| The danger that money won’t be worth as much in the future as it is today | Inflation Risk |
| The specified time in the future when the principal (or initial investment) amount of the bond is repaid to the bondholder | Maturity Date |
| The possibility that an investment will fail to pay the expected return or fail to pay a return at all | Investment Risk |
| The total return on an investment expressed as a percentage of the amount of money saved | Rate of Return |
| Reduces risk by spreading money among a wide array of investments | Portfolio Diversification |
| A fee charged for the use of property or land | Rent |
| The profit or income generated by saving and investing | Return |
| The chance of loss from an event that cannot be entirely controlled | Risk |
| A share of ownership in a company | Stock |
