Personal Finance 4 Flashcards

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Emergency fund

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Amount of money you can attain quickly in case of immediate need

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2
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How long should your emergency fund last?

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3 months

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3
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What is line of credit?

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A short term loan that is approved before the money actually needed

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4
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What is speculative investment?

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A high risk investment made in the hope of making a large profit in a relatively short amount of time

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5
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What are components to the risk factors?

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Inflation
Interest Rate
Business Failure
Market

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6
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What is liquidity?

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The ability to buy or sell an investment quickly without substantially affecting the investments value

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7
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What is asset allocation?

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The process of spreading your assets among several different types of investments to lessen risk

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8
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How do you allocate your money based on need!

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More conservative more bonds
Moderate evenish split
Aggressive you’ll take more stocks

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9
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What is a government bond?

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Written pledge of a gvnt or a municipality to repay a specific sum of money, along with interest

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10
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What is a municipal bond?

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A debt security issued by state or local government

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11
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What is a general obligation bond?

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A bond backed by the full faith, credit and ultimate taxing power of the government that issued it

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12
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What is a revenue bond?

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A bond that is repaid from the income generated by the project it is designed to finance

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13
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What is the equation for taxable equivalent yield?

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X=Tax exempt yield/(1.0-tax rate)

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14
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What is a corporate bond?

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A corporations written pledge to repay a specified amount of money with interest

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15
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Face value?

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Dollar amount the bond holder will receive at the bonds maturity

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16
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Maturity date

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Date which money is repayed

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17
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Bond indenture

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Document that details conditions relating to a bond issue

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18
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Trustee

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Independent firm that acts as the bond holders representative

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19
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Debentures

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Bond backed only by reputation of company issueing it

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20
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Mortgage bond

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Corporations bond secured by various assets of the issuing firm

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21
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Convertible bonds

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Bond that can be exchanged at the owners option, for a specified number of shares of the corporations common stock

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22
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Call feature

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Firms can buy outstanding bonds before maturity date

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23
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Sinking fund

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A fund where annual or semi annual deposits are made for the Purpose of redeeming a bond issue

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24
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Serial Bonds

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Bonds of a single issue that mature on different days

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25
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Registered bond

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A bond that is registered in the owners name by the issuing company

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26
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How to calculate amount of annual interest?

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X=face value-Interest Rate

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27
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Registered coupon bond

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A bond that is Registered for principal only, not for interest

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28
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How to find approximate market value?

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X=Dollar amount of annual interest/Comparable interest rate

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29
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How to find current price if a bond?

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X=Bond price quotations X face value

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30
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What is current yield?

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X=Annual Interest Amount/Current Price

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31
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Common stock

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Most basic form of corporate ownership

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32
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Equity financing

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Money received from the owners or from the sale of shares of ownership in a business

33
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Dividend

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Distribution of money, stock, or other property that a corporation pays to stockholders

34
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Proxy

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Legal form that lists the issues to be decided at a stockholders meeting and requests that stockholders transfer their voting rights to score some individual or individuals

35
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Record date

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The date on which a stockholder must be registered on the corporations books in order to receive a dividend payment

36
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Stick split

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A procedure in which the shares of stock owned by existing stockholders are divided into a larger number of shares

37
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Preferred stock

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Type of stock that gives the owner the advantage of receiving cash dividends before common stockholders are paid any dividends

38
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How to calculate earnings per share?

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X=earnings/number of shares outstanding

39
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Price earnings ratio

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X=price per share/Earnings per share

40
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How to calculate dividend yield

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X=annual dividend amount/current price per share

41
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Calculate total return

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X=Dividends+Capital Gains

42
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Calculate Book Value

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X=(assets-liabilities)/number of shares outstanding

43
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Stock market value

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Situation in which stocks are trading at prices above their actual worth

44
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Primary Market

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A market in which an investor purchase ms financial securities, via an investment bank or other representative, from the issuer of those securities

45
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Investment Bank

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Financial firm that assists corporations in raising funds, usually by helping to sell new security issues

46
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Initial Public offering

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Occurs when a corporation sells stock to the general public for the first time

47
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Secondary market

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A market for existing financial securities that are currently traded among investors

48
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Securities exchange

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A market place where member brokers who represent investors meet to buy and sell securities

49
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Specialists

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Buys or sells a particular stock in an effort to maintain an orderly market

50
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Over the counter market

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A network of dealers who buy and sell the stocks of corporations that are not listed on a securities exchange

51
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Nasdaq

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An electronic marketplace for stocks issued by 3600 different companies

52
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Account executive

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A licensed individual who works for a brokerage firm and buys or sells securities for clients, also called a stockbroker

53
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Churning

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Excessive buying and selling of securities to generate commissions

54
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Market Order

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A request to buy or sell a stock at the current market place

55
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Limit order

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Request to buy or sell a stock at a specified price

56
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Stop loss order

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An order to sell a particular stock at the next available opportunity after its market price reaches a specified amount

57
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Dollar cost averaging

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A long term technique used by my investors who purchase an equal dollar amount of the same stock at equal intervals

58
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Direct investment plan

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Plan that allows stockholders to purchase stock directly from a corporation without having to use an account executive or a brokerage firm

59
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Dividend reinvestment plan

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A plan that allows current stockholders the option to reinvest or use their cash dividends to purchase stock of the corporation

60
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Margin

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Speculative technique whereby an investor borrows part of the money needed to buy a particular stock

61
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Selling short

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Selling stock that had been borrowed from a brokerage firm and must be replaced at a later date

62
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Option

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The right to buy or sell a stock at a predetermined price during a specified period of time

63
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Mutual fund

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Pools the money of many investors to invest in a variety of securities

64
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Closed end fund

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Fund whose shares are issued by an investment company only when the fund is organized

65
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Exchange traded fund

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A fund that invests in the stocks or other securities contained in a specified stock or securities index, and whose shares are trade on a securities exchange or over the counter

66
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Open end fund

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A mutual fund whose shares are issued and redeemed by the investment company at the request of investors

67
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Net asset value

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X=(Value of funds portfolio-liabilities)/number of shares outstanding

68
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Load fund

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A mutual fund in which investors pay a commission every time they purchase shares

69
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Load charge equation

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X=dollar amount of investment X load stated as percentage

70
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No load fund

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A mutual fund in which the individual investors pays no sales charge

71
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Contingent deferred sales load

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A 1-5 percentage charge that share holders pay when they sell shares in a mutual fund

72
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12b-1 fee

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A fee that an investment company levies to defray the costs of advertising and marketing a mutual fund

73
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Expense ratio

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Amount that investors pay for all of a mutual funds management fees and operating costs

74
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Family of funds

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A group of mutual funds managed by one investment company

75
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Income dividends

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The earnings a fund pays to shareholders from its dividends and interest income

76
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Capital gain distributions

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The payments made to a funds shareholders that result from the sale of securities in the funds portfolio

77
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Turnover ratio

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A ratio that measures the percentage of a funds holdings that have changed or “been replaced” during a 12 month period of time

78
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Reinvestment plan

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A service provided by an investment company in which shareholder income dividends and capital gain distributions are automatically reinvested to purchase additional shares of the fund