Unit 4 Investments

Treasury Bills are

This is a retirement plan where individuals can contribute each year on a tax-deferred basis.

Which statement is FALSE?

This promotes the trading of stocks with tools to bring buyers and sellers together

These signify ownership in a corporation and are a claim on part of the assets. 

This retirement plan is funded by after-tax earnings.

Wealth is

The two main types of stock are:

Treasury Bonds are

This is a bond issued by cities, counties, states, & local governments

This is anything you acquire for future income or benefit.

Companies issue stock in order to

The most common way to buy stock is through this

This is the simplest way to begin earning money and is the least risky.

This type of market happens when everything in the economy is great

This type of market happens when the economy is bad, recession is looming, and stocks are falling

These bonds are government issued and government backed

This type of stock yields higher returns and has the most risk

Stock prices change daily because of market forces, which means they change because of

This type of savings account earns interest with no fee if a minimum balance is maintained

How can stockholders make money?

Investing...

When a private company issues the first sale of stock, it is called this:

This is a plan offered by many companies for their employees' retirement

This is a share of profits from the corporation paid to its shareholders, usually quarterly

A ___ requires you to keep the deposit in the account for a specific period of time.

This stock guarantees a fixed dividend and the stockholders are paid before common stockholders

This is the general term to cover the organized trading of stock.

This type of brokerage offers very little personal attention, but is usually cheap

This is an increase in the value of stock in the company

Net Worth is