Personal finance is the application of the principles of finance to the monetary decisions of an individual or family unit. It addresses the ways in which individuals or families obtain, budget, save, and spend monetary resources over time, taking into account various financial risks and future life events. Components of personal finance might include checking and savings accounts, credit cards and consumer loans, investments in the stock market, retirement plans, social security benefits, insurance policies, and income tax management.
0
30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond
401(k) Plan
52 Week High
52 Week Low

A
ATM
Accelerated Death Benefits
Access Checks
Accidental Death And Dismemberment
Account Routing and Transit Number
Accumulation
Accumulation Period
Active Management
Active Statement
Adjustable Rate Mortgages
Administrative Charge
Affiliate
Aggressive Growth Funds
Alpha
American Depositary Receipts
Amortization
Annual Fee
Annual Gift Tax Exclusion
Annual Percentage Rate
Annual Report
Annually Renewable Term
Annuitant
Annuitization
Annuity
Annuity Benefits
Annuity Contract
Annuity Payment Period
Annuity Start Date
Applicable Exclusion Amount
Application Fee
Appraisal
Appraisal Fee
Appraised Value
Appreciation
Arbitrage
Ask
Assignment
Attorney Fees
Automated Teller Machine
Available Credit
Average Daily Balance

B
Back-End Load
Balance Transfer
Balanced Funds
Balanced Mutual Fund
Balloon Loan
Basic Earnings
Basis Point
Bellwether Stock
Benchmark
Beneficiary
Bequest
Best's Insurance Report
Beta
Bid
Bond
Bond Funds
Book To Bill
Book Value
Breadth
Business Continuation Plan
Buy-Sell Agreement

C
Call Option
Call Risk
Callable Bond
Cap
Capital Appreciation
Capital Gain
Capital Gains Distribution
Capital Loss
Card Activation
Cardholder Agreement
Cash (Surrender) Value
Cash Advance
Cash Value
Certificate Of Deposit (CD)
Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
Change
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Filing
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Filing
Charge-Off
Charitable Contribution
Charitable Foundation
Charitable Lead Trust (CLT)
Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust (CRAT)
Charitable Remainder Trust
Charitable Remainder Unit Trust (CRUT)
Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU)
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Closed-End Fund
Closed-End Lease
Closing
Closing Costs
Collateral
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)
Commercial Paper
Commission
Commodity
Common Shares
Compounding
Concealment
Conditional Receipt
Consumer Price Index
Consumer Stock
Contingent Beneficiary
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (CDSC)
Contingent Owner
Conversion Privilege
Convertible Debenture
Convertible Term
Correction
Correlation
Cost Of Insurance
Coverdell Education Savings Account
Credit Account Balance
Credit Card
Credit Card Issuer
Credit Limit/Line Of Credit
Credit Quality
Credit Report
Credit Risk
Credited Interest
Cross-Purchase Plan
Currency Risk
Current Yield
Cyclical Stock

D
Daily simple interest
Day High
Day Low
Death Benefit
Debenture
Debt-To-Income Ratio
Decreasing Term Insurance
Deed
Default
Deferred Annuity
Defined Benefit Plan
Defined Contribution Plan
Depreciation
Derivatives
Devaluation
Diluted Earnings
Disability Income Rider
Discount Rate
Distribution
Diversification
Dividend
Dividend Yield Ration
Document Preparation
Dollar Cost Averaging
Donor
Double Indemnity
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Down Market Performance
Down Payment
Duration

E
E-Bill
EDGAR
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
Education IRA
Emerging Market Funds
Emerging Markets
Equities
Equity
Equity Line
Equity Loan
Escrow
Estate Planning
Estate Taxes
Eurodollar
Evidence Of Insurability
Ex-Dividend
Exchange
Exclusion Ratio
Exclusions
Executor
Expense Charge

F
Face Amount
Fannie Mae
Federal Funds Rate
Finance Charge
First Mortgage
Fixed Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
Fixed Annuity
Fixed Rate Mortgage
Fixed-Rate Loan
Flexible Premium Deferred Annuity
Float
Flood Insurance
Foreclosure
Foundations
Free Look
Front-End Load
Fundamental Analysis
Funds From Operations (FFOs)
Funds Transfer
Futures Contract

G
GAAP (General Accepted Accounting Principles)
General Obligation (GO) Bonds
Gift Tax
Ginnie Mae
Ginnie Mae Pass-Through
Global Funds
Grace Period
Grantor
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Growth Funds
Growth Stock
Growth and Income Funds
Guaranteed Insurability (Guaranteed Issue)
Guardian

H
Hazard Insurance
Health Care Proxy
Hedge Fund
High Price
High-Yield Bonds
Home Equity Loan
Homeowner's Insurance

I
Immediate Annuity
Incentive Stock Option
Incontestable Clause
Increasing Term Insurance
Index Funds
Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
Inflation Risk
Inflation-Indexed Bonds
Initial Public Offering
Insiders
Inspection Report
Installment Debt
Insurability
Insurable Interest
Insurance Application
Insured
Insurer
Interest Rate
Interest Rate Future
Interest Rate Risk
International Funds
Intestate
Introductory Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
Investment Risk
Irrevocable Beneficiary
Irrevocable Trust

J
Joint And Survivor Payout
Joint Annuitants
Joint Owners
Junk Bond

K
Key Employee/Key Man Insurance

L
LIFO¡ªLast In, First Out
Lapse
Large-Cap Stock
Last
Leap
Level Load
Level Term Insurance
Liability Insurance
Lien
Lifetime Payout
Limit Order
Liquidity
Living Trust
Living Will
Loan-To-Value (LTV) Ratio
Long
Long-Term Capital Gains
Long-Term Care Insurance
Low Price

M
Management Fee
Mandatory Distribution Age
Margin
Market Cap
Market Order
Market Risk
Market Timing
Maturity
Maximum Issue Age
Medical Examination
Medicare
Medigap
Message
Micro-Cap Stock
Mid-Cap Stock
Minimum Draw
Minimum Guaranteed Interest Rate
Misrepresentation
Modified Endowment Contract (MEC)
Momentum
Money Market
Money Market Funds
Money Supply
Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, Far East Index
Mortality Charge
Mortgage
Mortgage Insurance
Mortgage-Backed Securities
Moving Average
Municipal Bond
Mutual Fund

N
NASD
NYSE Beta Index
Nasdaq Composite Index
National Flood Insurance Program
Net Asset Value
Net Change
Net Profit
No-Load Fund
Non-Medical Insurance
Nonqualified Stock Option
Normal Retirement Age
Number Of Shares

O
Offer And Acceptance
Online Banking
Online Bill Pay
Online Brokerage
Open
Open Order
Open-End Lease
Open-End Mutual Fund
Option
Origination Fee
Other Insured Rider
Over-The-Counter
Overdraft Protection
Overlimit Balance

P
P/E
Passive Management
Pay Date
Payee
Payee Account Number
Payment Protection
Percent Change
Percent Profit
Period Certain Payout
Periodic Rate
Points
Policy Owner
Policy Year
Preferred Risk
Preferred Shares
Premium
Premium Tax
Prepaid Tuition Plan
Prepayment Penalty
Prequalification
Previous
Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E)
Primary Beneficiary
Prime Rate
Principal
Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
Probate
Proceeds
Prospectus
Put Option

Q
Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT)
Qualified Plans
Qualified Terminable Interest Property (Q-TIP) Trust
Quote

R
Rate-Up In Age
Re-Entry Option
Reaction
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
Real Time
Rebating
Record Date
Recording Fees
Recurring Payment
Refinancing
Reinstatement
Relative Strength
Renewable Term
Renewal Date/Anniversary Date
Renewal Rate
Replacement
Representation
Repurchase Agreement
Required Minimum Distribution (RMD)
Return Of Principal Guarantee
Return On Equity
Return on Investment (ROI)
Revenue Bond
Revolving Balance
Rider
Risk Selection
Roth IRA
Rule of 72

S
S&P
SEC EDGAR
Savings Bond
Second Mortgage
Section 1035 Exchanges
Section 529 Plans
Sector Funds
Sector Rotation
Secured Debt
Securities & Exchange Commission
Security
Separate (Sub-Account) Account
Series E Savings Bonds
Series EE Savings Bonds
Series HH Savings Bonds
Settlement Date
Settlement Option
Shareholders' Equity
Sharpe Ratio
Short Interest
Short Sale
Short-Term Capital Gains
Single Premium Annuity
Small-Cap Stock
Social Security Statement
Spinoff
Split
Spread
Standard & Poor's Composite Index of 500 Stocks (S&P 500)
Standard Deviation
Standard Risk
Statement
Stock
Stock Redemption Plan
Stock Ticker
Stretch IRA
Sub-Standard Risk
Subordinated Debenture
Successor Trustee
Suicide Clause
Surrender Charges
Surrender Schedule
Surrender Value
Survivorship Life Insurance
Swap
Symbol
Systematic Withdrawals

T
Tax Deferral
Tax-Deferred Interest
Tax-Free Exchange
Taxable-Equivalent Yield
Technical Analysis
Term Life Insurance
Term Of Policy
Third-Party Owner
Tick
Time Deposits
Title
Title Search
Total Return
Trade Sizes
Trading Halt
Traditional IRA
Transaction
Travel Accident Insurance
Traveler's Message Service
Treasury Bills
Triple-Witching
Trust
Trustee
Turnover (Securities)
Twisting

U
U.S. Savings Bonds
U.S. Treasury Bill
U.S. Treasury Bond
U.S. Treasury Note
U.S. Treasury Securities
Underwriter
Uniform Simultaneous Death Act
Unilateral
Uninsurable Risk
Universal Life Insurance
Unlimited Marital Deduction
Unsecured Debt

V
Value
Value Funds
Value Stock
Variable Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
Variable Annuity
Variable Life Insurance
Variable Payment
Variable Rate
Viatical Settlement
Volatility (Historical)
Volume

W
Warrant
Wavier Of Premium
Whole Life Insurance
Will

Y
Year-End Summary
Yearly Renewable Term (YRT)
Yield

Z
Zero Coupon Bond



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