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and employees always know where we stand - and what we stand for. These values are
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Glossary of Financial Terms
Pension Consultant
An advisor who helps pension fund managers with their long-term investment planning. A pension consultant, unlike a broker, does more in-depth work on formulating clients' investment strategies, helping them fulfill their needs and goals.
Pension Fund
A fund established by an employer to facilitate and organize the investment of employees' retirement funds contributed by the employer and employees. The pension fund is a common asset pool meant to generate stable growth over the long term, and provide pensions for employees when they reach the end of their working years and commence retirement. Pension funds are commonly run by some sort of financial intermediary for the company and its employees, although some larger corporations operate their pension funds in-house. Pension funds control relatively large amounts of capital and represent the largest institutional investors in many nations.
Portfolio
The stocks, bonds and other assets owned by a mutual fund or other investor.
Portfolio
A combination of securities.
Portfolio Manager
Handles the assets of a securities portfolio of a mutual fund, an individual, or an institutional investor. Usually, this individual is responsible for deciding which securities to buy, hold, or sell.
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio
The amount investors pay for a stock in relation to the company's earnings per share of outstanding stock.
Private Banks
Banks that are not incorporated. A non-incorporated bank is owned by either an individual or a general partner(s) with limited partner(s).
Private Equity
an asset class consisting of equity investments in companies that are not traded on a public stock exchange. Private equity firms generally receive a return on their investments through one of three ways: an IPO, a sale or merger of the company they control, or a recapitalization. Unlisted securities may be sold directly to investors by the company management strategy. (called a private offering) or to a private equity fund, which pools contributions from smaller investors to create a capital pool.
Prospectus
Describes its history, the background of its managers, its objectives, its financial statement, its eligible investments, its charges, and other essential facts an investor would need to make an informed decision concerning the fund's prospects.
Qualified Investor
Private or institutional investors who are financially sophisticated and knowledgeable that have a reduced need for the protection provided by certain government filings.
Redemption
The process of converting shares into cash, or selling shares. Any open-end mutual fund must redeem shares at the current price from a registered shareholder upon his or her request. Also referred to as a liquidation.
Regional Bond
Regional Bond Fund seeks current income. Generally invest in corporate and/or governments debt securities focusing on a single region, but not limited to one country.
Reinvestment
Using dividend or capital gain payments to purchase more shares instead of taking payments in cash.
Securities
Shares and debt obligations of every kind, including options, warrants, and rights to acquire shares and debt obligations.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The federal agency responsible for regulating securities markets and mutual funds as well as protecting investors.
Security
An investment interest that can be bought and sold. Examples include stocks, bonds, and money market obligations.
Share
A unit of ownership in a fund or a stock.
Shareholder
Owns shares of a mutual fund or a stock.
SIPC
The Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Provides up to USD500,000 insurance protection for your U.S. stock brokerage account.
Small-Cap (Capitalization) Stocks
Issues with outstanding shares valued at USD2 billion or less.
Specialized Fund
Specialized Equity Funds invest in securities of a specific industry or economic sector. Sectors include technology, real estate, gold, precious metals utilities, etc. The fund could be limited to one or more regions and/or countries.
Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Index (S&P 500)
A popular, unmanaged index of common stock total return performance. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
Stock and Bond Fund
Invest in a mix of bonds, preferred stocks, and common stocks and seek to conserve principal, pay current income, and seek long-term growth of both principal and income.
Stock Fund
Generally seek to produce an increase in the value of their shares. Their objectives can range from moderate growth and moderate current income to long-term growth with income incidental.
Total Return
The rate of return on an investment, including all dividends and interest, plus or minus any change in the value of the asset. Also, an investment strategy that seeks a combination of growth and income.