Investment Vocabulary Quiz
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A company-sponsored retirement account to which employees can contribute income directly into an investment account. The employer may match a part of all of that contribution.
Pension Plan
Roth IRA
Traditional IRA
401(k) Plan
300s - Q2
A market where the prices of stocks fall which encourages investors to sell.
Bull Market
Bear Market
Cat Market
Dog Market
300s - Q3
A market in which share prices are rising, encouraging buying.
Cat Market
Bull Market
Dog Market
Bear Market
300s - Q4
A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the investor and returns the principle on the maturity date.
Bond
Certificate of Deposit
Share
Stock
300s - Q5
The measurement or grading given to a bond. This indicates the bond's creditworthiness, which is the likelihood that the bondholder will be paid back.
Report Card
Credit Report
FICO Score
Bond Rating
300s - Q6
Tax on the profit from the sale of an asset.
Personal Property Tax
FICA Tax
Sales Tax
Capital Gains Tax
300s - Q7
Occurs when you sell an asset for more than what you originally paid for it (profit). Almost any type of asset you own is considered a capital asset.
The Capitals
Capital Loss
Capital Gain
Capital Letters
30s - Q8
Earning interest on the interest plus the principle invested.
Compound Fracture
Simple Interest
Stock Interest
Compound Interest
300s - Q9
The annual interest rate paid on a bond is expressed as a percentage of the face value and paid from the issue date until maturity.
Coupon
Compound Interest
Sales Flyer
Dividend
300s - Q10
The practice of investing in a large variety of stocks, bonds, and/or funds as a way to reduce your overall risk.
Bond
Diversification
Speculative
Stock
300s - Q11
When your employer contributes money to your 401(k) account to reflect the contributions you've made out of your compensation.
Traditional IRA
401(k) Match
Pension
403(b)
300s - Q12
A sum of money paid regularly (typically quarterly) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits.
Salary
Dividend
Coupon
Interest
300s - Q13
A portfolio of stocks or bonds designed to mimic the composition and performance of a financial market index. These funds have lower expenses and fees than actively managed funds because the human element of investing is removed; no one is choosing the individual stocks. They are designed to follow certain preset rules.
Mimic Fund
Mutual Fund
Index Cards
Index Fund
300s - Q14
An account is set up at a financial institution that allows an individual to save for retirement.
Pension
401k
403b
IRA (Individual Retirement Account)
300s - Q15
Rate of increase in prices over a given period of time decreasing the purchasing value of money.
Inflation
Investing
NSYNC
Insurance
300s