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Annuities/Annuitization
Yearly allowance, pension or income
Appreciation
Increase in the value of an asset
Assets
Cash, property and investments along with anything else which are
controlled by the entity and can be of value for an individual or
business.
Bonds
Are debt issued by governments, public or private companies, which
bear the obligation of the emitter to repay the principal and interest
over a fixed period. Bonds are traded like other securities.
CANSLIM
It is a formula to
invest. The founder of Investor’s
Business Daily William J. O’Neil created it. This formula is like a
recipe. Each letter of this word represents criteria that must be met by a
company before it is purchased. CANSLIM incorporates fundamental
and technical analysis. This system is based on the study of the most
common characteristics that a stock had before they went up in price.
Capital
“Fixed capital” refers to goods such as buildings, plant, machinery
(or investment in those), whereas “circulating capital” means stockpiles
of material, semi-finished goods and components that are usually used up
rapidly in production.
Capital
Gains
The gain from the sale of an investment.
CD
A CD (Certificate of Deposit) is a debt instrument, issued by a bank,
which pays interest periodically (every month, every three months etc), or
at the established maturity date (in this case, in addition to the
principal amount).
Compound Interest
Interest which is calculated not only on the initial principal but
also the accumulated interest of prior periods.
Dividends
Payments
made by a company to its shareholders from the company’s earnings. Usually
dividend-paying stocks come from large well-established companies.
Dow Jones
Stock market index of 30 of the biggest US companies.
Dollarization
The act of introducing the US Dollar as a currency in a
country.
Escrow Accounts
Instrument, such as a deed, money, or property, that constitutes
evidence of obligations between two or more parties and is held by a third
party.
Globalization
Development of extensive worldwide patterns of economic relationships
between nations.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Total market value of the goods and services produced by a nation's
economy during a specific period of time.
Indices
Benchmark: Dow Jones (30 of the biggest companies) or S&P 500 (500
companies of all sizes and industries).
Interest
The cost of borrowing or lending money, usually a percentage of the
amount borrowed or loaned.
ITI Investment Calculator
Calculator to check how much calculated annualized return can compound
over time. Compares it with what one get when you invest in low percentage
return alternatives. Check this and other useful calculators on
http://stockletter.tv/ITIcalculators.htm.
Long-Term
Held over
one year.
Lump-Sum
Total sum.
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics studies how individuals and businesses make decisions
and how these decisions affect the prices and output of goods and
services. In contrast, macroeconomics is the study of aggregates of
individuals, prices and output for whole markets.
Market
A means by which the exchange of goods and services takes place as a
result of buyers and sellers being in contact with one another, either
directly or through mediating agents or institutions.
Maturity
The date when the principal amount of a security becomes due and
payable. An issue can have multiples maturities.
Moore's Law
Law that determines that the data storage ability of a microchip is
doubled once a year (or once every year and a half).
Mortgage Rates
in Anglo-American law, any of a number of related devices in which a
debtor (mortgagor) conveys an interest in property to a creditor
(mortgage) as security for the payment of a money debt.
Portfolio
The group of investments held by an investor.
Premium
The price paid by the buyer to purchase an option. Prices are
determined by “open outcry” in the pits.
Principal
The basic element of the loan as distinguished from interest and
mortgage insurance premium. In other words, principal is the amount upon
which interest is paid.
Recession
In economics, a downward trend in the business cycle characterized by
a decline in production and employment, which in turn causes the incomes
and spending of households to decline.
Return
Profit
Risk
In economics and finance, an allowance for the hazard (risk) or lack
of risk in an investment or loan. Default risk refers to the chance of a
borrower's not repaying a loan.
Risk aversion
This concept refers to the fact that individuals are willing to pay
money (or not to receive a high return) to avoid playing a risky game,
even when the expected value of the game is in their favor.
Security
An investment that is represented by a negotiable document by a
corporation or governmental entity for the purpose of raising capital like
bonds, stocks, mutual funds.
Short-Term
Held for one year or more.
S&P 500
This index also known by its options ticker symbols SPX, measures the
overall change in the value of the 500 stocks of the largest firms in the
U.S. (The breakdown between industrial, transportation utilities and
financial firms fluctuates depending on the market).
Wire Transfer
A wire transfer is an automated electronic transfer between two bank
accounts in 2 banks that have an established agreement. The bank has to be
part of the Federal Reserve System in the USA. Practically every bank in
any country is part of this network, at least through a third party
partner bank. For instance, Banco de Merida has a bank account with Chase
Manhattan to send and to receive wire transfers.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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