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This collection of securities allows everyday savers to own tiny pieces of hundreds of companies through a single purchase, often tracking a market benchmark.
Difficulty: Easy- Index fund
- Hedge fund
- Private equity fund
- Venture capital fund
When you lend money to a government or corporation and they promise to pay you back with regular payments, you've purchased this security.
Difficulty: Medium- Bond
- Stock
- Mutual fund
- Real estate investment trust
This Nobel Prize-winning economist developed Prospect Theory, demonstrating that people feel losses roughly twice as painfully as equivalent gains feel pleasurable.
Difficulty: Hard- Daniel Kahneman
- Robert Shiller
- Richard Thaler
- Eugene Fama
When you own this, you literally hold a small ownership stake in a corporation and may receive quarterly payments from its profits.
Difficulty: Easy- Bond
- Stock
- Certificate of deposit
- Money market account
This ratio divides a company's current share price by its per-share earnings, helping investors gauge whether a stock might be overvalued or undervalued.
Difficulty: Medium- Dividend yield
- Return on equity
- Debt-to-equity ratio
- Price-to-earnings ratio
This accounting scandal at a Houston energy company, involving mark-to-market manipulation and off-balance-sheet vehicles, led to Arthur Andersen's collapse.
Difficulty: Hard- WorldCom
- Enron
- Tyco
- HealthSouth
Your employer matches 50% of what you contribute to this tax-advantaged retirement account, up to 6% of your salary—essentially giving you free money.
Difficulty: Easy- 401(k)
- Traditional IRA
- Roth IRA
- Health Savings Account
This metric, calculated as company earnings divided by shares outstanding, serves as the denominator when computing the popular valuation ratio investors use daily.
Difficulty: Medium- Book value per share
- Earnings per share
- Revenue per share
- Cash flow per share
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