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15 Cards in this Set
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Pension |
post retirement benefits that an employee might receive from some employers. is essentially compensation received by the employee afters/he retired, paid in regular intervals. |
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Medicare Tax |
You need to remember to factor in your _____ when you are trying to calculate your annual earnings |
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Junk Bond |
We had decided to purchase _____ as we wanted the high interest rate to provide a cash inflow this quarter. |
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Accountant |
The _______ was required to work overtime during the last few days of the month to ensure that the bank reconciliations were complete. |
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Franchise |
I've been saving for years, and I finally just got approved to open a Wendy's ____ restaurant in my home town. |
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Free Market |
business governed by the laws of supply and demand, not restrained by gov't interface regulation, or subsidy |
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Security |
an investment, other than an insurance policy or fixed annuity, issued by a corp., gov't or other organization which offers evidence of debt or equity |
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ROE (Return On Equity) |
measure of how well a company used reinvested earnings to generate additional earnings, equal to a fiscal year's after tax-income divided by book value, expressed as a percentage |
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Stop Order |
Since the investor was not going to have the opportunity to monitor his portfolio over the next couple of weeks, he issued a _____ in hopes of ensuring minimal losses while he was away. |
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Retained earnings |
earnings not paid out as dividends but instead reinvested in the core business or used to pay off debt. on the balance sheet, they appear under shareholders' equity |
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(EPS) Earnings Per Share |
Total earnings decided by the number of shares outstanding. Companies often use a weighted average of shares outstanding over the reporting term |
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Quantitative Easing |
a process of increasing the money supply, typically only seen when interest rates have already been reduced to zero and when the gov't is still trying to stop a credit crunch situation |
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Municipal |
______ bonds are not subject to most forms of taxation, making them a wise investment for scrupulous investors all over the country |
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Black Tuesday |
Although the stock market crash of 2008 was bad, at least it wasn't as devastating as _____. |
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Marxism |
states that capitalism, which displaced feudalism, will be replaced by socialism when workers take over society |
