Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgment Alpha Annuity Asset Allocation Beta Bonds Capital Gains Chasing the Market Commodities Common Stocks Convertibles Diversification Dollar Cost Averaging Duration (Bond) Earnings Per Share (EPS) Emerging Markets Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) Equivalent Taxable Yield Estate Planning Face Value Fixed-Income Investment 401k Plan 403b Plan 408k Plan Freddie Mac Front-End Load Full-Service Broker Fund Family Fund Manager Fundamental Analysis Future Value Investment Futures Contract Gap Openings General Obligation Bond Ginnie Mae (Pass-Through) Global Depository Receipt (GDR) Good-Till-Canceled (GTC) Order Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) Government Securities Growth Stock Guaranteed Bond Guaranteed Investment Contract (GIC) Head and Shoulders Hedge Fund Hedging High-Yield Bonds Immediate Annuity Income Statement Index Funds Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Inflation and Investment Lease Life Insurance Market Timing Markets (DOW, NASD, S&P 500, AMEX) Money Market Funds Mortgage-Backed Securities Municipal Bonds Mutual Funds NASDAQ (National Association of Security Dealers Automated Quotation) New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Nonqualified Retirement Plans Offering Online Broker Open-End Funds Option Contract Pass-Through Security Pension Benefits Postretirement Benefits Precious Metals Preferred Stock Present-Value Investments Price-Earnings (P/E) Ratio Private Mortgage Participation Certificate Producer Price Index (PPI) Public Purpose Bond Put Option Qualified Retirement Plans Ratio Ratio Analysis Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Real Rate of Return Retained Earnings Return on Equity (ROE) Risk S&P/TSX Composite Index Savings and Loans (S&L) Association Savings Bonds Securities Securities Exchanges Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) Selling Shareholders Short-Term Investments Speculator State Regulators Statement of Retained Earnings Stock Stock Index STRIPS Systematic Risk Tax Tax-Deferred Retirement Accounts Tax Reform Act of 1986 Term Life Insurance Ticker Tape Treasury Bills (T-Bills) Treasury Bonds (T-Bonds) Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) Treasury Notes (T-Notes) Treasury Securities Treasury Stock Trusts and Loans Unemployment Rate Unit Investment Trust (UIT) Variable Annuity Variable Life Insurance Wilshire Total Market Index Withholding Tax Yield Yield-to-Maturity Zero-Coupon Bonds Zero-Coupon Convertibles Bibliography Index
