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Investments

Subject : personal-finance
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1. Underlying asset is intangible - usually stocks - bonds - currencies - or money market instruments.






2. The value of assets less liabilities held by a mutual fund - divided by the number of shares outstanding.






3. The average compound return earned per year over a multiyear period.






4. A demand for more funds that occurs when the margin in an account drops below the maintenance margin






5. Underlying asset is a real asset - typically either an agricultural product or a natural resource product






6. The minimum margin that must be supplied on a securities purchase






7. A sale in which the seller does not actually own the security that is sold






8. An option that gives the owner the right - but not the obligation - to buy an asset






9. Debt obligations of large corporations and governments with an original maturity of one year or less






10. Security originally sold by a business or government to raise money






11. The price you pay to buy an option






12. Annual coupon divided by the current bond price






13. A brokerage account in which all transactions are made on a strictly cash basis






14. Rule for short sale requiring that before a short sale can be executed - the last price change must be an uptick






15. An investment company with a fixed number of shares that are bought and sold only in the open stock market.






16. A measure of how much trading a fund does - calculated as the lesser of total purchases or sales during a year divided by average daily assets






17. Selection of specific securities within a particular class






18. Simply a means of combining or pooling the funds of a large group of investors. The buy and sell decisions for the resulting pool are then made by a fund manager - who is compensated for the service provided.






19. The annual stock dividend as a percentage of the initial stock price






20. A common measure of volatility






21. A financial asset that is derived from an existing traded asset rather than issued by a business or government to raise capital. More generally - any financial asset that is not a primary asset.






22. An option that gives the owner the right - but not the obligation - to sell an asset






23. The change in stock price as a percentage of the initial stock price.






24. The return on an investment measured in dollars that accounts for all cash flows and capital gains or losses






25. Or market cap for short is equal to its stock price multiplied by the number of shares of stock. It's the total value of the company's stock.






26. A sales charge levied on purchases of shares in some mutual funds






27. Pledging securities as collateral against a loan






28. The return on an investment expressed on a per-year - or 'annualized -' basis






29. An investment company that stands ready to buy and sell shares at any time.






30. Buying and selling in anticipation of the overall direction of a market






31. A mutual fund specializing in money market instruments






32. An agreement that gives the owner the right - but not the obligation - to buy or sell a specific asset at a specified price for a set period of time.






33. The distribution of investment funds among broad classes of assets






34. The rate of return on a riskless investment






35. Average compound rate of return earned per year over a multiyear period accounting for investment inflows and outflows






36. An investment company not accessible by the general public






37. The extra return on a risky asset over the risk-free rate; the reward for bearing risk.






38. The interest rate brokers pay to borrow bank funds for lending to customer margin accounts






39. A brokerage account in which - subject to limits - securities can be bought an sold on credit






40. An arrangement under which a broker is the registered owner of a security






41. The minimum margin that must be present at all times in a margin account






42. The amount of common stock held in short positions






43. The return earned in an average year over a multiyear period






44. The square root of the variance






45. Insurance fund convering investors' brokerage accounts with member firms






46. A sales charge levied when investors redeem shares (also called a 'back-end' load).






47. A symmetric - bell-shaped frequency distribution that is completely defined by its average and standard deviation.






48. The return on an investment measured as a percentage that accounts for all cash flows and capital gains or losses






49. Named for SEC rule 12b-1 - which allows funds to spend up to 1 percent of fund assets annually to cover distribution and marketing costs






50. Longer-term debt obligations - often of corporations and governments - that promise to make fixed payments according to a preset schedule.