Investment Basics
This is what you call the money you put into an investment.
What is capital?
This is the paper or metal currency used to buy things.
What is money?
This is the place where people buy and sell shares of companies.
What is the stock market?
This is a plan for how to spend and save your money each month.
What is a budget?
This is when you might lose money on an investment.
What is risk?
This is the act of putting money into something, hoping it will grow over time.
What is investing?
This is the amount of money you earn from a job.
What is income?
A person who helps you buy and sell stocks is called a _____.
What is a broker?
Putting money aside for future expenses is called this.
What is saving?
When you put your money in a bank, the risk is usually this.
What is low?
A company gives these to people when they buy a small part of the company.
What are shares?
It's called this when you owe money to someone or a bank.
What is debt?
When the price of a stock goes up, you make a ____.
What is a profit?
It's called this when you get extra money for keeping your money in a bank.
What is interest?
The chance of making more money with your investment is called this.
What is a reward?
When you make money from your investment growing in value, this is called a _____.
What is a return?
This is the term for something valuable you own, like a car or a house.
What is an asset?
When the price of a stock goes down, you might lose this.
What is money?
This is a special account that helps you save for retirement.
What is an IRA (Individual Retirement Account)?
A type of investment that has a higher risk but could give you bigger rewards.
What is a stock?
A safe place where people can keep their money and earn a small amount of interest.
What is a savings account?
Money that you borrow from the bank and have to pay back is called a _____.
What is a loan?
The overall value of a company's stock is called this.
What is market capitalization?
A type of card that lets you borrow money to pay for things and pay it back later.
What is a credit card?
When you spread your investments across different types of assets to lower risk.
What is diversification?