Financial Literacy

Question 1

levy assessed on the positive difference between the sale price of the asset and its original purchase price

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Capital Gains Tax

Question 2

can be thought of as “interest on interest,” and will make a sum grow at a faster rate

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Compound Interest

Question 3

U.S. government agency responsible for the collection of taxes and enforcement of tax laws

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IRS

Question 4

a holding company for a multitude of businesses. It's run by chairman and CEO Warren Buffett

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Berkshire Hathway

Question 5

distribution of reward from a portion of the company's earnings and is paid to a class of its shareholders

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Dividend

Question 6

financial market of a group of securities in which prices are rising or are expected to rise

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Bull

Question 7

describes the rise and fall in production output of goods and services in an economy.

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Business Cycle

Question 8

The production of goods and services is based on supply and demand in the general market

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Capitalism

Question 9

represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower (typically corporate or governmental

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Bond

Question 10

condition in which securities prices fall 20% or more from recent highs

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Bear

Question 11

known as "shares" or "equity") is a type of security that signifies proportionate ownership in the issuing corporation

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Stock

Question 12

Investing scam promising high rates of return with little risk to investors.

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Ponzi Scheme

Question 13

is a market-capitalization-weighted index of the 500 largest U.S. publicly traded companies.

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S & P 500

Question 14

Form that individual taxpayers use to file their annual income tax returns

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1040

Question 15

used by investors and analysts to determine the relative value of a company's shares in an apples-to-apples comparison.

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Price to Earnings (P/E Ratio)

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