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Chapter 12
Chapter 12
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Finance
12th Grade
03/28/2012

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Term
Apreciation
Definition
refers top an increase in the value of an investment
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Capital Gain
Definition
Income earned when the selling price is greater than purchase price
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Stock
Definition
A share in the ownership of a corporations
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dividend
Definition
a portion of a company's earnings paing to stockholders.
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common stock
Definition
earn dividends declares by company
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preferred stock
Definition
recieve regular dividends at a set rate
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securities exchange
Definition
is a formal market where securitires are bought and sold by stockholders
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stockbroker
Definition
an agent who buys and sells securities for clients
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bond
Definition
a certificate of debt issued by a corporation or government.
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mutual fund
Definition
creaqted by pooling the money of many people and investing it in a collection of securities
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Net asset value
Definition
current market value
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money market fund
Definition
a type of mutual fund that deals only in high interest
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bull market
Definition
an extend period of consumer confidence
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bear market
Definition
an extend period of uncertainty
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investment portfolio
Definition
a collevtion of securities and other assets
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diversification
Definition
spending risk by putting money in a variety of investments
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prospects
Definition
a legal document that gives a detailed description of a security
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dollar-cost averaging
Definition
a strategy of investing a fixed dollar amount at a regular intervals
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annuity
Definition
is a contract with an insurance company
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estate
Definition
refers to ethe assests and liabilities a person leaves when he or she dies
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executor
Definition
is a person appointed to carry out the tems outlines in their will
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will
Definition
a legal document stating a person's wishes for his or her estate after death
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trustee
Definition
a person or instituation names to manage assets on behalf on the benificiaries
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living will
Definition
healthcare directive
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trust
Definition
a legal dicument that gives a named trustee the authority to manage the assets
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probate court
Definition
the governement institutuion that processes a deceased indiviuals will and estate
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