Terms

A type of investment company that does not continuously offer its shares for sale but instead sells a fixed number […]

Transaction fee paid to a broker for executing a securities trade. Commission amounts vary and are often dependent on the

Indexes that measure either the price or performance of physical commodities, or the price of commodities as represented by the

Securities representing ownership in a corporation, which provide voting rights and entitle the holder to a share of the company’s

Interest paid on principal and on accumulated interest.

On most insurance applications, owners have the option to name a primary beneficiary and a contingent, or secondary, beneficiary. At

A type of back-end load, the amount of which depends on the length of time the investor holds his or

A feature some funds offer that allows investors to automatically switch from one fund class to another, typically one with

A corporate bond that can be exchanged for a specific number of shares of the company’s stock, usually common stock.

A feature of a bond that denotes the amount of interest due and the date that the payment will be