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HACE 3200 Chapter 11
Moorman Personal Finance UGA
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Undergraduate 4
04/05/2012

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Term
investing
Definition
putting your money into an asset that generates a return (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, or real estate)
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speculating
Definition
putting money into an asset
future values relies on supply and demand
(collectors items, gold, baseball cards, derivative securities)
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savings account
Definition
loan institutions money
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bonds
Definition
loans where your rate of return is predetermined
you receive your portion INTEREST
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par value
Definition
amount you recieve when the bond matures
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coupon interest rate
Definition
the interest paid annually on a bond as a percentage of par value
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stocks
Definition
you become part owner in corp
receive portion as DIVIDENDS
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real estate
Definition
generate a return through rent or capital appreciation
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nominal (quoted) rate
Definition
rate of return without adjusting for inflation
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real rate
Definition
inflation adjusted
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return premiums
Definition
additional returns demanded by investors for taking on additional risk
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inflation risk premium (IRP)
Definition
compensation for the anticipated inflation over life of investment
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default risk premium (DRP)
Definition
compensation for possibility that issuer may not pay the interest or repay the principal
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maturity risk premium (MRP)
Definition
compensation on longer-term bonds for value fluctuations in response to interest rate changes
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liquidity risk premium (LRP)
Definition
compensation for a bond that cannot be quickly converted into cash at a fair market value
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interest rate risk
Definition
associated with fluctuations in security prices due to changes in market
rise in market rate reduces value of your lower rate security
IMPOSSIBLE to eliminate
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inflation risk
Definition
risk that prices will erode purchasing power
closely linked with interest rate risk
almost impossible to eliminate
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business risk
Definition
associated with poor company management or product acceptance
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financial risk
Definition
associated with company's use of debt
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liquidity risk
Definition
associatd with not being able to liquidate a security quickly and cost effectively
ex: collectibles and real estate
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market risk
Definition
associated with swings in overall market
economy, SD, interest rate
impossible to eliminate
Term
policy and regulatory risk
Definition
results from unanticipated changes in tax or legal environment
difficult to predict
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call risk
Definition
callable security may be taken back before maturity
if bond is called, investor normally receives the face value plus one year of interest payments
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systematic risk
Definition
associated with all securities and can not be reduced through diversification
(interest rate)
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unsystematic risk
Definition
associated with ONE particular investment and can be reduced through diversification
(financial risk)
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diversification
Definition
number of different types of securities owned
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