Indexes
Retirement
Vocabulary
Asset Allocation
Misc.
100

This index shows the market value of the top 500 public companies over time. 

What is the S&P 500.
100

This is the basic definition of retiring. 

What is having enough saved that you can afford life without having a constant income. 

100

A group investment.

What is a Mutual Fund?

100

AMZN to Amazon.

What is a ticker symbol? 

100

The average ROI that would make the investment a "successful" investment.

What is 8-10%? 

200

This index shows the market value of the top 30 public companies and is often used to portray the health of the market. 

What is the DOW Jones. 

200
An IRA. 

What is an Individual Retirement Account.

200

This is the difference between Bonds and Certificates of Deposit.

Bonds = Federal Government

CDs = Banks / Credit Unions

200

This term describes how easily the asset can be accessed to invest in other areas.

What is liquidity?

200

True or False

Americans can only invest in domestic companies or markets. 

What is False?

300

How often are indexes updated for accuracy?

What is Quarterly. 

300

This form of investment is funded with pre-taxed money so you will not have to pay income taxes upon withdrawal. 

What is a Roth Account?

300

This is a tiny portion of a company that can be purchased by the public. 

What is a share?

300

This is the term used to describe how fragile a stock is.

What is volatility?

300

After this portion of time the goal is no longer a short term goal and now considered a long-term goal.

What is anything longer than 6 months?

400

This is the index that takes in account over 2,500 stock prices to factor in the volatility as a whole market. 

What is the NASDAQ Composite Index?

400

As you age your retirement portfolio tends to be more like this. 

What is lower risk and more focus on asset retention over asset accumulation. 

400

This is the amount of outstanding shares available to the public. 

What is the market cap?

400
This is when companies share a portion of their profits with their shareholders.

What is dividends? 

400

This is someone you can trust with their financial opinions and that they are looking out for your best interest. They have taken exams to prove they have an understanding of financial strategies and ethics. 

What is a Certified Financial Advisor.

500

This explains the basic concepts of an Index Fund. 

What is a mutual fund that targets companies that are focuses on investing along with the major indexes. 

500

This is a nationally funded program to help all Americans upon retirement after years of contributions into this program. 

What is social security?

500

These two animals are used to represent whether the market is in a time to buy or a time to hold.

Bear and Bull Market

500

This what the tax allocation you will have to report for profits made from investments. 

What is Capital Gains?

500

That is the explanation of a target date fund?

What is a mutual fund that starts off fairly risky and as the fund and you age the assets begin to shift to a safer portfolio.