INVESTMENT JARGONS (PART 1)
1. Annual report - The yearly audited record of a corporation or a mutual fund's condition and performance that is distributed to shareholders.
2. Annualized rate of return - The average annual return over a period of years, taking into account the effect of compounding. Annualized rate of return also can be called compound growth rate.
3. Appreciation - The increase in value of a financial asset.
4. Asset allocation - The process of dividing investments among cash, income and growth buckets to optimize the balance between risk and reward based on investment needs.
5. Asset class - Securities with similar features. The most common asset classes are stocks and bonds.
6. Balanced fund - Mutual funds that seek both growth and income in a portfolio with a mix of stock or bonds.
7. Bear market - A bear market is a prolonged period of falling stock prices. The opposite of a bull market.
8. Benchmark - A standard, usually an unmanaged index, used for comparative purposes in assessing performance of a portfolio or mutual fund.
9. Blue chip - A high-quality, relatively low-risk investment; the term usually refers to stocks of large, well-established companies that have performed well over a long period. The term Blue Chip is borrowed from poker, where the blue chips are the most valuable.
10. Bond - A bond acts like a loan or an IOU that is issued by a corporation or government. The issuer promises to repay the full amount of the loan onna specific date and pay a specified rate of return for the use of the money to the investor at specific time intervals…….(TO BE CONTINUED)

Ghana | Week Ending March 18, 2022

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