Course Glossary

Course Glossary

   
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Glossary Terms

401(k)
Add-on interest
Additional principal payment
Adjustable Rate Bond (or Preferred Stock)
Adjusted Gross Income
Advisory Service
American Depository Receipts (ADRs)
American Stock Exchange (AMEX)
Amortization
Anniversary Date
Annual fee
Annual percentage rate (APR)
Annual Report
Annual Return
Annuitant
Annuity
Asset
Asset Allocation
Asset-Backed Securities
Assumed Investment Return (AIR)
Average daily balance
Average Tax Rate
Balance Transfer
Balance Transfer Fee
Bankruptcy Code
Chapter 7
Chapter 9
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Bankruptcy Trustee
Beneficiary
Bereavement period
Billing Cycle
Billing Statement
Blue Chips
Bonds
Bond Mutual Fund
Broker
Capital Gain (Loss)
Cash Surrender Value
Cash Value
Cash Value of Life Insurance
Certificates of Deposit (CDs)
Commission
Common Stock
Consumer Credit Counseling Service
Consumer Price Index
Controllable Expense
Conversion Period
Convertible
Corporate Bonds
Co-signer
Death Benefit
Debit card
Debt Consolidation
Debt-to-income ratio
Debtor
Default
Depreciation
Disability Insurance
Discount Broker
Discretionary Income
Diversification
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Down payment
Economic Value
Emergency Fund
Estate Planning
Estate Tax
Evidence of Insurability
Executor
Expense
Face Amount
Final Expenses
Fixed Annuities
Fixed Expenses
Fixed-Income Securities
Fixed Investment
Front-End Load (Sales Charge)
Fund Objective
Gross Income
Growth Stock
Guaranteed Renewable
Health Insurance
High-grade Bonds
Homeowners Insurance
Income Stock
Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
Inflation
Insurable
Insurer Risk
Interest Rate Risk
Investment Vehicle
IRC
Junk Bonds
Large Cap Funds
Leading Economic Indicators
Liabilities
Life Insurance
Living Trust
Liquidity
Load
Long-Term Care Insurance
Long-Term Growth of Principal
Money Market
Money Market Accounts
Money Market Deposit Accounts
Money Market Funds
Money Market Mutual Fund
Morningstar
Mortality Cost
Municipal Bonds
Municipal Bond Fund
Mutual Fund
NASDAQ
Net Income
Net Worth
NYSE
Ordinary Life
Over-the-Counter Market
Pension Plan
Policy Holder
Policy Value
Political and Legislative Risk
Portfolio
Preferred Stock
Premium
Prime Rate
Prospectus
Recession
Renewal Rate
Return on Investments
Revocable Trust
Risk
Risk Tolerance
“Rollover” IRA
S&P 500
Sales Commission
Securities
Shares Outstanding
Single-Pay Life
Small Cap Funds
Stock
Stock Dividend
Stock Fund
Stock Mutual Fund
Stock Split
Surrender Charge
Surrender Charge Period
Surrender Charge Schedule
Survivors
Tax-Deferred Investment
Tax Shelter
Taxable Income
30-Day Treasury Bill
Treasury Bills
Treasury Bonds
Treasury Notes
Trust
Trustee
Underwriter
U.S. Treasury Bills
Value Stocks
Variable Annuity
Volatility
Waiting Period
Will
Yield
Zero Coupon Bond