Insurance
Investing
Finance
Credit
Budget
100
This type of insurance pays your bills (food, rent, gas, etc.) when you are hurt and you can't work.
What is disability insurance?
100
An investment that is a share of ownership in a corporation.
What is a stock?
100
A for-profit corporation owned by shareholders that takes deposits and makes loans and offers checking accounts.
What is a bank?
100
This includes all the records of loans you have taken out and paid back over your life.
What is your credit history?
100
Expenses that do not change from month to month (like rent, mortgage, or car payment).
What are fixed expenses?
200
This type of auto insurance covers the cost to repair your vehicle when you crash.
What is collision?
200
An investment that is a loan to a corporation or a government.
What is a bond?
200
A non-profit membership organization that offers checking accounts, savings accounts, and loans.
What is a credit union?
200
This number is used by lenders to determine how much they charge you for interest on loans.
What is your credit score?
200
Expenses that change from month to month (like food, entertainment, or vacation).
What are variable expenses?
300
This type of life insurance covers you for only a fixed period of time.
What is term life insurance?
300
This is an investment that pools money from many people and uses the money to buy many stocks and/or bonds.
What is a mutual fund?
300
The interest rate that you use to compare different loans with different characteristics.
What is annual percentage rate (APR)?
300
This type of financial institution charges much higher interest rates on loans than banks or credit unions.
What is a consumer finance company?
300
These taxes are taken out of your paycheck by the federal government and used to provide income to elderly people.
What is Social Security?
400
This is the name of the money you pay every month to have an insurance policy.
What is a premium?
400
This is a type of tax deferred retirement account that you control. You don't pay taxes on the income from it until after you retire.
What is an IRA?
400
A type of interest that grows not only on the principal but also on all accumulated interest over time.
What is compound interest?
400
This type of loan has no interest if paid back after a month. If you're stupid enough not to pay it back in a month, you pay compound interest compounded monthly.
What is a credit card loan?
400
These taxes are taken out of your paycheck and used to pay for elderly people's health care.
What is Medicare?
500
This is the money you pay out of pocket when you need to use insurance.
What is a deductible?
500
This is an investing technique in which you spread your money around different types of investments.
What is diversification?
500
This government agency guarantees your deposits in a bank up to $250,000.
What is the FDIC?
500
Property that is used by a lender to secure a loan (the bank takes the property if you don't repay the loan).
What is collateral?
500
Your wages AFTER taxes and deductions.
What are net wages?