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What is the primary purpose of life insurance?
To provide financial comensation to dependents following a death.
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An optional, added policy feature that may or may not increase the cost of the insurance policy:
Rider
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Three major types of life insurance policies:
Term, lifetime, and endowment
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The least expensive insurance and provides temporary protection for a specified number of years:
Term Life Insurance
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Person named to receive the death beneift of the policy:
Beneficiary
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Amount of insurance coverage purchased:
Face value
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This allows the policyholder to renew the term insurance at a higher rate:
Renewable term
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Two types of lifetime policies:
Straight life and limited-payment life
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This life insurance is usually paid for throughout the life of the policyholder:
Straight Life
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This life insurance has payments for a limited number of years:
Limited-payment Life
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Is the annual cost for limited-payment life higher or lower than it is for straight life?
Higher
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What is the most expensive type of life insurance?
Endowment Policy
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What do the rates for a lifetime policy depend upon?
- 1. Type of policy purchased
- 2. Age at time of purpose
- 3. Male or Female
- 4. Number of units purchased
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A face value of $1,000:
Unit
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Insurance payments:
Premiums
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The more frequent the payment, the higher or the lower premium due?
Higher
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Benefits besides the death benefit which are paid to the beneficiary build up a what?
Cash Value
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The beneficiary may also borrow against the cash value and...
...continue their insurance protection
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The beneficiary cancels the insurance policy and uses its value to convert to term insurance with the same face value but for a limited time of coverage:
Extended Term
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This allows the policyholder, who is terminally ill, to receive all or part of the death proceeds before death:
Accelerated Death Benefit
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A percentage of the company's proft:
Dividend
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The beneficiary collects the full face value in one payment:
Lump Sum Payment
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A specified amount of money which is paid in equal payments at regular intervals:
Annuity
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Four ways a beneficiary may receive an insurance annuity:
Fixed amount, fixed number of years, lifetime, and a life annuity which is guaranteed
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This allows a beneficiary to receive their annuity in specific monthly payments until the money runs out:
Fixed Amount
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This allows a beneficiary to receive their annuity for a specific time length (10 years):
Fixed number of years
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This allows a beneficiary to receive their annuity in gradual payments for their entire life:
Lifetime
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This allows a beneficiary to receive their annuity in monthly payments for a certain number of years:
Life annuity which is guaranteed
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A certificate issued by a government or corporation promising to pay the face value at maturity plus interest at certain intervals:
Bond
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One who owns a bond:
Bondholder
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As a bondholder, the person is not an owner, but is a...
...creditor
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Bonds sold at face value:
Par value
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Bonds sold greater than the face value:
Premium
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Bonds sold less than the face value:
Discount
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Cost of a bond:
Quoted Price
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An individual licensed to make stock and bond sales:
Broker
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Broker's commission:
Brokerage Fee
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Many investors consider what as a good source of stock and bond information?
Wall Street Journal
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How is the net change found?
By subtracting the previous day's closing price from the present day's closing price
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A savings account usuallys pays a higher or lower interest rate than bonds?
Lower
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Which are less risky, bonds or stocks?
Bonds
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The return on an investment:
Annual yield
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Formula for Annual Yield:
- annual interest
- Annual Yield = selling price of bond
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The amount a seller receives from the sale of bonds:
Proceeds
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Earned interest that is not payable until the end of the current interest period:
Accrued interest
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When finding the accrued interest period, what is counted?
The first day but not the last
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Cash or assets that can be easily converted into cash:
Liquid
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Two types of stock:
Common and preferred
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Which stockholder votes for the company's board of directors and administrative officers?
Common stockholders
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Which stockholders receive dividends?
Preferred stockholders
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The price for which the stock is initially sold:
Par value
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Stock with no printed value:
No-par stock
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The current selling price quoted in dollars per share:
Market price
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The dividend as a percent of the closing price:
Yld%
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Formula for Yld%
- annual dividend per share
- Yld% = closing price per share
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An abbreviation for price to earnings ratio and is a ratio of the closing market price to the corporation's annual earnings per share:
P-E Ratio
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Formula for P-E Ratio:
- closing market price
- P-E Ratio = corporation's annual earnings per share
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An abbreviation for net change and refers to the difference between this day's closing price and the previous day's closing price:
Net Chg
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Formula for Net Chg:
Net Chg = closing price today - closing price yesterday
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Stocks sold in multiples of 100 shares are called...
...round lots
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Stocks sold less than 100 shares a time:
Odd lots
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Stocks bought directly from the company:
No-load Stocks
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Profits distributed by the corporation:
Cash Dividends
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Shareholders receive additional shares at no cost to them:
Stock Dividend
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Rising stock market prices:
Bull market
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Selling stocks in anticipation of falling prices:
Bear market
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Profit made on the sale of stock:
Capital gain
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A loss on the sale of stock:
Capital loss
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Formula for capital gain:
Capital Gain = net proceeds - cost of stock
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Formula for capital loss:
Capital Loss = cost of stock - net proceeds
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The selling price of the stock minus the brokerage fee charged to the stockholder for selling the stock:
Net proceeds
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