The profit, or amount of income earned, from an investment.
What is a return?
100
When a person buys stock in a company, he or she takes on this role.
What is owner (shareholder)?
100
The original purpose of these financial institutions was to allow members to deposit savings and borrow money at rates that were slightly more competitive than commercial banks.
What are Savings & Loans?
100
A short-term financial goal should fit into this timeline.
What is 0-1 year?
100
This Big 3 stock market is home to companies such as Nintendo and Toyota.
What is the Tokyo Stock Exchange?
200
The fee paid for the use of another party’s money; the amount a lender earns for loaning money.
What is interest?
200
The two ways a stock can provide a return for its investor.
What is a capital gain and a dividend?
200
The primary function of this financial institution is to put their account holders' money to use by lending it out to others who can then use it to buy homes, businesses, send kids to college, etc.
What is a commercial bank?
200
Savings accounts are considered to be extremely low risk because the accounts are insured by this agency.
What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)?
200
This stock market is completely electronic.
What is the NASDAQ?
300
When a company pays out a dividend to its shareholders, it represents this.
What is part of the profit made by the company?
300
Of the two major United States stock markets, this one is considered to be the riskier of the two.
What is the NASDAQ stock market?
300
These financial institutions offer customers money management plans to buy and sell stocks, bonds, and other investment opportunities through cash management.
What are brokerage firms?
300
The safety net of funds you use when something unexpected happens that you have to pay for.
What is an emergency fund?
300
Every publicly traded company has one of these, providing a short cut to the company you're looking for.
What is a stock symbol?
400
The amount of money in an account, equal to the net of credits and debits at that point in time for that account.
What is a balance?
400
This is the oldest stock market in the United States.
What is the New York Stock Exchange?
400
These financial institutions are non-profit organizations that are owned by their account holders (members).
What are credit unions?
400
The type of interest that makes it better to start saving as earlier as possible for retirement.
What is compound interest?
400
When you put money into a bank account, it is called this. When you take money out of a bank account, it is called this.
(2 part answer)
What is deposit and withdrawal?
500
When you buy stock in a company and then the value of those shares increases, meaning it is now worth more money, it is called this.
What is appreciation?
500
This is the investment made when an investor wants to buy stock, but wants to share both the risk and return by purchasing many stocks with many other people.
What is a mutual fund?
500
One function of this financial institution is providing short-term loans by offering money in advance of a paycheck in exchange for a percentage of the value of the check or a very high interest rate.
What is a Payday Lender?
500
If you deposit $100 into a savings account with a 5% interest rate on February 1 and make no other transactions the entire month, you will have this much money in your account on the last day of the month.