NGPF Investing - Flashcards

A financial asset, such as a stock or a bond, that can be bought and sold in a financial market

Money from the profits of a company paid out to its shareholders on a quarterly basis

An index of 500 large cap companies chosen to represent the entire market

Profit from the sale of an asset, calculated by: price sold - price paid

The ratio of money gained or lost on an investment relative to the amount of money invested.

An investing tool for individuals to earmark funds specifically for their retirement

Degree of uncertainty on how likely the investor is to make money on an investment

A market where shares in corporations are bought and sold through an organized system

The practice of putting a fixed amount into an investment over a period of time

Individual retirement account a person to sets aside pre-tax income up to a specified amount

A stock with market capitalization over $1 billion and less than $10 billion

A retirement savings plan, sponsored through your employer

The first time a company becomes publicly traded by issuing stock that may be bought and sold

A security in which you loan money to a government, pays interest and returns the principal

A measurement of the likelihood that a bondholder will be paid back

The annual interest payment on a bond, usually expressed as a percentage of its face value