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97 Cards in this Set
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Promotion Mix
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The configuration of advertising, sales promotion, personal selling, and publicity used to market products and services
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Advertising
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Nonpersonal communications through media for which payment is made
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Sales Promotion
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A nonpersonal form of promotion that does not involve measured media
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Coupons
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Certificates that allow consumers to receive a cash refund or a free product at the time of purchase
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Incentives
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Rewards offered to retail salespeople or consumers for specified performance
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In-Pack
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A premium enclosed with a product
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Mail-Ins
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Premiums provided to consumers once the consumer has requested them by mail
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P-O-P
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Point-of-purchase materials provided to retailers to help them promote sales
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Purchase With Purchase
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An incentive that allows consumers to buy a product if they first purchase anothe product
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Samples
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Free merchandise that is provided to retailers or consumers
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Trade Shows
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Shows where companies have the opportunity to display their products
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Personal Selling
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Using a sales force to sell products and services
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Prospecting
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Ranking of possible customers according to their potential sales volume and the likelihood of their purchasing the product
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Closing
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Efforts by a salesperson designed to get a prospect to purchase a product or service
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Distribution mix
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The channels of distribution and logistics operations a company uses to move its products to its customers
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Selling Agents
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Wholesalers that represent a client and sell all the client's specific line or entire output and are given control over the terms of sale and pricing
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Manufacturers' Agents
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Wholesalers that aer not given control over the terms of sale and pricing because they sell only part of a client's output or product line
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Department Stores
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Large stores that sell a wide variety of merchandise organized into separate departments
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Discount Stores
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Stores that emphasize the sale of hard goods at low prices with low levels of service at inexpensive locations
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Wheel of Retailing
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The process by which low-cost retailers begin offering services that increase their prices, making them vulnerable to new, low-cost retailers
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Specialty Stores
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Stores that carry a broad assortment in a single merchandise line
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Category Killer
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A store that dominates its segment of the retailing industry
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Logistics
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The materials management and physical distribution activities of a firm
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Materials Management
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The movemnt of raw materials, in-process materials, and semifinished goods to a manufacturer from a supplier
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Accounting
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The recording, summarizing, and reporting of the economic activities and events of an organization
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles(GAAP)
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The principles by which financial statements are prepared
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Management Information System(MIS)
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A business system that provides all the information, financial and nonfinancial, needed by management for decision making
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East India Company
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The first joint-stock company, which was given its charter by Queen Elizabeth in 1600 and achieved fame for engaging in international trade in the early days of the British Empire
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International Accounting Standards Board(IASB)
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A london-baed organization that issues International Accounting Standards
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International Financial Reporting Standards(IFRS)
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Accounting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board that have three goals:
-Increasing harmonization of accounting standards and disclosures to meet the needs of the global market -providing an accounting basis for underdeveloped or newly industrailized countries to follow as the accounting profession emerges in those countries -increasing the compatibility of domestic and international accounting requirements |
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Internal Controls
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A system of rules and procedures designed to ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial and accounting information
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Internal Control Structure
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A set of devices and procedures designed to prevent unintentional errors and intentional irregularities from occurring and to identify errors and irregularities after they occur so that corrective action may be taken
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Preventive Controls
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A type of internal control whose purpose it is to prevent mistakes or intentional misrepresentations from occuring in the accounting data
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Feedback Controls
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A type of internal contrl that reports the occurrence of mistakes or intentional misrepresentations after they have occurred, so that corrective action can be taken
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act(FCPA)
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The law prohibits any U.S. firms from using "the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment,etc
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Five Basic Threats To Security
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-Natural disaster
-Dishonest employees -Disgruntled employees -Persons external to the organzation -Unintentional erros and omissions |
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Computer Contingency Plan
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A comprehensive plan of action designed to safeguard critical accounting information from loss, destruction, theft, and other threats
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Computer Contingency Plan Components
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-Emergency
-Backup -Recovery -Test -Maintenance |
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Financial Statement
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The income statement, statements of retained earnings, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows, which together represent a business firm in financial terms
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Income Statement
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The accounting report that shows the firm's revenues, expenses, and net income or net loss for a period
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Statement Of Retained Earnings
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The financial statement that shows the change in retained earnings from the beginning of the period to the end of the period
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Balance Sheet
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The financial statement that provides a "snapshot" of a firm's financial postion at a designated point in time
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Assets
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The economic Resources owned by the firm
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Owners' Equity
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The residual interest in the assets of the fimr after subtracting the liabilities; also called stockholders' equity
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Accounting Equation
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Assets=liabilities+owner's equity
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Statement Of Cashflow
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The financial statement that presents cash inflows(receipts) and outflows(payments) under three categories of business activities:operating,investing,and financing
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Internal Auditing
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Chiefly concerned with evaluating the economy and efficiency with which scarce resources are utilized, but may include other objectives such as evaluating the effectiveness of internal controls
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External Auditing
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Auditing of a firm's financial statement by an independent external auditor who is a certified public accountant
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Management or Operational Audit
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The audit done to evaluate the economy and efficiency with which scarce resources are utilized
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Compliance Audit
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The audit done to ensure that the organization is in compliance with laws, rules, regulations, and contractual agreements
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Audit Trail
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The connection between a source document used to support an accounting transaction and the financial statements
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Treasurer
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The financial manager responsible for managing cash, raising funds, and maintaining contacts with the financial maerketplace
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Controller
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The financial manager responsible for accounting, financial statements, and tax payments
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Two Basic Functions Of Financial Managers In A Business Firm
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-adminsitration of assets
-acquistion of funds |
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Capital Budgeting
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The process of comparing or ranking the profitability of alternative investment projects within a firm
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Financing Decisions
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The choice made between internal and external funding and between debt and equity funds to finance the firm's investment projects
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Time Preference For Consumption
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The desire by people to consume goods and services now reather than in the future
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Interest
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The amount that a borrower must pay a lender in addition to the principal value, as compensation for the declining time value of money
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Real Rate Of Interest
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The interest rate charged by lenders on loans to borrowers for forgoing present comsumption for future consumption
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Nominal Interest Rate
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The rate of interest quoted in the financial news comprising the real rate of interest plus the expected inflation rate
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Discount Rate
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Any rate used in present value calculations to convert money from its future value to its present value
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Compound Interest
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Interest that is earned on previous interest, also known as the force of interest
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Commercial Paper
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Short-term,unsecured debts securities normally issued by large, financially sound firms to raise funds
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Bonds
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Long-term debt securities issued by firms to raise funds to finance long-term capital budgeting projects, such as land, buildings, and equipment
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Preemptive Right
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The right of shareholders to maintain their proportionate ownership of a firm's outstanding stock if new shares are issued by the firm
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Closely Held Firms
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Firms that are owned by a relatively small number of shareholders who do not openly trade their shares
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Publicly Held Firms
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Firms in which there are many shareholders who openly trade their shares in the financial marketplace
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Limit Order
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A securities transaction that sets a specific buy-or-sell price to execute a buy-or-sell order for a security
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Municipal Securities
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Debt securities issued by state and local governments to raise funds, with coupon payments that are exempt from federal income taxes
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Primary Market
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The initial sale of a security in the financial marketplace
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Secondary Market
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The trading of outstanding securities in the financial marketplace
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Financial Intermediation
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The process of pooling individuals' savings in financial institutions that channel them to business firms
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Financial Services Modernization Act
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Legislation passed in 1999 that allows banks, securties firms, and insurance companies to freely compete with one another
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Store Of Value
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The function of money to reatin its value over time
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Numeraire Currency
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A currency that serves as a benchmark for all other currencies in the world
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Open Market Operations
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The purchase and sale of government securities from banks by the central bank to control bank reserves and federal funds rates
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Bank Reserves
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The amount of cash held by commerical banks
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Federal Funds Rate
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The interest rates that banks charge one another for borrowing money
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Monetary Goals
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-Long-term interest rates
-Bank credit -Money supply |
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Economic Goals
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-Productivity(GDP)
-Full employment -Stable prices -International trade and finance |
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Intermediate Targets
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The primary monetary targets in the financial marketplace, which are money supply, long-term interest rates, and bank credit
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Commercial Banks
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The most dominant type of depository institution that takes public deposits of funds and channels these savings to loans and investments
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Thrift Institutions
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Depository institutions that are primarily home lenders
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Credit Unions
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Not-for-profit thrift institutions that have members with a common bond, such as employer, religious group, and educational institution
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Insurance Companies
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Financial institutions that offer various kinds of protection from financial losses to individuals and business firms
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Term Insurance
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An insurance policy that offers a lump sum death benefit to policyholders
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Whole Life Insurance
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An insurance policy that offers both a term policy plus a type of savings account that increases in cash value over time as premiums are paid
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Annuity
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A type of savings plan offered by insurance companies that ofers either a lump sum death benefit or a steady stream of cash payments to beneficiaries over time
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Pension Funds
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Financial institutions that offer various kinds of retirement savings plans to individuals
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Defined Contribution Plan
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A type of pension plan in which the employee sets aside a portion of her or his paycheck in savings plan and the employer provides matching funds in many cases
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Defined Benefit Plan
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A type of pension plan in which the employer promises to pay out a specified amount of monthly pay to an employee upon his or her retirement
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Public Pension Plans
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Pension plans offered by federal, state, and local government that are backed by the taxing power of the government
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Private Pension Plans
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Pension plans offered by private firms to employees
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Unfunded Pension Plans
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A pension plan that pays retirees from cash flows or taxes instead of from funds set aside over time in a savings plan
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Funded Pension Plans
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A pension plan that pays retirees from their funds set aside ina savings plan during their working years
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Mutual Funds or Investment Companies
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Financial institutions that pool ht esavings of thousands of customers, issue unit shares of ownership to their customers, and invest the savings in securities portfolios
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Circuit Breakers
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Temporarily stopping or slowing down the trading of stocks and bonds by a securities exchange
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