Glossary
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- 401(k)
- 403(b)
2
- 2007–2008 financial crisis
a
- Absolute return
- Accounting
- Accrual
- Actuary
- Alpha (finance)
- Alternative investment
- Aluminium
- American Gold Eagle
- American Palladium Eagle
- American Platinum Eagle
- American Silver Eagle
- Asset
- Asset allocation
- Asset classes
- Assets under management
- Austrian Mint
b
- Bank
- Bank vault
- Banknote
- Beneficiary
- Better Business Bureau
- Bitcoin
- Blockchain
- Bond (finance)
- Britannia (coin)
- Britannia silver
- Broker
- Bronze
- Budget
- Bullion
- Bullion coin
- Buy and hold
c
- Canadian Gold Maple Leaf
- Canadian Palladium Maple Leaf
- Canadian Platinum Maple Leaf
- Capital appreciation
- Capital (economics)
- Capital gains tax
- Cash
- Cash flow
- Certificate of authenticity
- CFA Institute
- Chinese Gold Panda
- Coin
- Coin grading
- Coins of the pound sterling
- Collateral (finance)
- Collectable
- Commercial property
- Commodity
- Common stock
- Company
- Conflict of interest
- Consultant
- Consumer
- Consumer protection
- Contract
- Copper
- Corporation
- Correlation
- Corrosion
- Cost
- Credit
- Credit risk
- Credit union
- Cryptocurrency
- Currency
- Custodian bank
- Customer
- Customer satisfaction
- Customer service
d
- Debt
- Decentralization
- Default (finance)
- Deferral
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Defined contribution plan
- Demand
- Deposit account
- Derivative (finance)
- Description
- Devaluation
- Deviation (statistics)
- Diamond
- Diamonds as an investment
- Digital asset
- Digital currency
- Direct deposit
- Discounting
- Distressed securities
- Diversification (finance)
- Dividend
- Dividend reinvestment plan
- Dollar
- Dollar cost averaging
- Ducat
- Due diligence
- Dutch guilder
e
- Earnings per share
- Economic stability
- Economics
- Economy
- Electronic trading platform
- Emerging technologies
- Employee benefits
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
- Employment
- Engineering tolerance
- Entity
- Entrepreneurship
- Equity (finance)
- Estate (law)
- Evaluation
- Exchange-traded fund
- Expected return
- Expense
- Expense ratio
- Explanation
f
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal government of the United States
- Fee
- Fiduciary
- Finance
- Financial adviser
- Financial asset
- Financial capital
- Financial endowment
- Financial institution
- Financial risk
- Financial stability
- Financial statement
- Financial transaction
- Fineness
- Fixed income
- Franc
- Funding
- Futures contract
g
- Gold
- Gold as an investment
- Gold bar
- Gold coin
- Gold IRA
- Gold mining
- Gold nugget
- Gold panning
- Gold standard
- Great Recession
- Gross income
- Growth stock
h
- Hard currency
- Hedge (finance)
- Hedge fund
i
- Income
- Income tax in the United States
- Index (economics)
- Indium
- Individual retirement account
- Industrial metal
- Inflation
- Inflation hedge
- Information ratio
- Institutional investor
- Insurance
- Interest
- Internal Revenue Service
- International trade
- Intrinsic value (finance)
- Investment
- Investment company
- Investment fund
- Investment management
- Investment performance
- Investment policy statement
- Investment strategy
- Investment trust
- Investor
- Iridium
- Italian lira
k
- Krugerrand
l
- Leverage (finance)
- Leveraged buyout
- Liability (financial accounting)
- Likelihood function
- Limited partnership
- Liquid capital
- Loan
- London Bullion Market Association
- London Metal Exchange
- London Platinum and Palladium Market
- Long (finance)
- Luxury goods
m
- Market capitalization
- Market (economics)
- Market liquidity
- Market trend
- Market value
- Mercury (element)
- Metal
- Metallurgical assay
- Mexican peso
- Mining
- Mint (facility)
- Money
- Mutual fund
- Mutual fund fees and expenses
n
- Native metal
- New York Mercantile Exchange
- Numismatics
o
- Option (finance)
- Ore
- Osmium
- Ounce
p
- Palladium
- Palladium coin
- Passive income
- Payment
- Payroll
- Payroll tax
- Pension
- Pension fund
- Platinum
- Platinum coin
- Platinum group
- Platinum–iridium alloy
- Policy
- Portfolio (finance)
- Portfolio manager
- Precious metal
- Present value
- Price
- Price–earnings ratio
- Price level
- Pricing
- Private equity
- Profit (accounting)
- Profit (economics)
- Profit sharing
- Proof coinage
- Property
- Prospectus (finance)
- Public company
- Purchasing power
q
- Quantity
r
- Rainy day fund
- Rate of return
- Rate of return on a portfolio
- Ratio
- Real estate
- Real estate appraisal
- Real estate investing
- Real estate investment trust
- Real property
- Rebalancing investments
- Recession
- Required minimum distribution
- Retirement
- Return on investment
- Revenue
- Rhenium
- Rhodium
- Risk aversion
- Risk-free rate
- Risk management
- Robo-advisor
- Roth 401(k)
- Roth IRA
- Royal Canadian Mint
- Royal Mint
- Ruthenium
s
- Safe deposit box
- Safe harbor (law)
- Savings account
- Scandium
- Scandium oxide
- Scarcity
- Scenario planning
- Security (finance)
- Self-directed IRA
- SEP-IRA
- Separately managed account
- Share (finance)
- Share price
- Share repurchase
- Sharpe ratio
- Short (finance)
- Short-term rental
- Silver
- Silver as an investment
- Silver coin
- South African Mint
- Sovereign (British coin)
- SPDR Gold Shares
- Speculation
- Standard deviation
- Stock
- Stock certificate
- Stock exchange
- Stock market
- Stock market crash
- Stock market index
- Store of value
- Stress test (financial)
t
- Target date fund
- Tax
- Tax advantage
- Tax avoidance
- Tax bracket
- Tax break
- Tax deduction
- Tax deferral
- Tax exemption
- Tax rate
- Taxable income
- Thermal conductivity and resistivity
- Thorium
- Trade union
- Traditional IRA
- Transparency (market)
u
- Uncirculated coin
- United States Mint
- Uranium
v
- Value (economics)
- Value investing
- Venture capital
- Volatility (finance)
z
- Zinc
- Zinc oxide