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Compound Interest – Interest paid on the principal and the accrued interest. Interest earned on an investment is added to…

Consensus – To reach team agreement on a decision.

Conservative Strategy – Investments in fixed income and preferred stocks.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) – A measure of the level of prices paid by the average American consumer. Percentage changes…

Corporate Bonds – Bonds are major sources of corporate borrowing. Debentures, the most common type of corporate bond, are backed…

Corporate Governance – It refers to the ethics of the corporate structure of a given company, like the policies on…

Corporation – A company legally separate from stockholders who own it and the managers who run it.

Cost-Benefit Analysis – This is a process of evaluating the costs and benefits of an investment decision. The analysis can…

Current Assets – Resources that a company owns and could sell for cash during the year.

Current Liabilities – The amount of a company’s debts payable within a year.

Cyclical Stocks – Stocks of companies whose performance tends to mirror the economy. When the economy grows the stocks turn…

Day Order – An order to buy or sell stock that expires at the end of the trading day.

Dealer Market – Dealers (market makers) serve as intermediaries between buyers and sellers with the prices they are willing to…

Default – Failure to pay principal or interest when due. Defaults can also occur for failure to meet non-payment obligations,…

Delisted – A stock that has been delisted has been removed from an exchange and cannot be traded. A company’s…

Depreciation – The decline in value of an asset from wear and tear over a period of time, such as…

Distribution Date – Date on which the dividend payment is made.

Diversification – A risk management technique that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio. It is designed to…

Dividend Yield – A company’s latest annual dividend expressed as a percentage of its stock’s latest price. A stock has…

Dow Divisor – A special number used to calculate the Dow Jones Industrial Average.