05108nam 22006733u 450 991045251960332120210107005436.00-203-82644-21-283-88535-21-136-79416-6(CKB)2550000000710304(EBL)801680(OCoLC)823387639(SSID)ssj0000079349(PQKBManifestationID)11110548(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000079349(PQKBWorkID)10074534(PQKB)10516992(MiAaPQ)EBC801680(EXLCZ)99255000000071030420130418d2012|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrConcise Encyclopedia of Investing[electronic resource]Hoboken Taylor and Francis20121 online resource (103 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7890-2343-1 Cover; Concise Encyclopedia of Investing; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; A; ALPHA; ANNUITY; ASSET ALLOCATION; B; BETA; BONDS; C; CAPITAL GAINS; CHASING THE MARKET; COMMODITIES; COMMON STOCKS; CONVERTIBLES; D; DIVERSIFICATION; DOLLAR COST AVERAGING; DURATION (BOND); E; EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS); EMERGING MARKETS; EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ESOP); EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (ESPP); EQUIVALENT TAXABLE YIELD; ESTATE PLANNING; F; FACE VALUE; FIXED-INCOME INVESTMENT; 401K PLAN; 403B PLAN; 408K PLAN; FREDDIE MAC; FRONT-END LOAD; FULL-SERVICE BROKER; FUND FAMILY; FUND MANAGERFUNDAMENTAL ANALYSISFUTURE VALUE INVESTMENT; FUTURES CONTRACT; G; GAP OPENINGS; GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND; GINNIE MAE (PASS-THROUGH); GLOBAL DEPOSITORY RECEIPT (GDR); GOOD-TIL-CANCELED (GTC) ORDER; GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (GNMA); GOVERNMENT SECURITIES; GROWTH STOCK; GUARANTEED BOND; GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CONTRACT (GIC); H; HEAD AND SHOULDERS; HEDGE FUND; HEDGING; HIGH-YIELD BONDS; I; IMMEDIATE ANNUITY; INCOME STATEMENT; INDEX FUNDS; INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT (IRA); INFLATION AND INVESTMENT; L; LEASE; LIFE INSURANCE; M; MARKET TIMING; MARKETS (DOW, NASD, S&P 500, AMEX)MONEY MARKET FUNDSMORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES; MUNICIPAL BONDS; MUTUAL FUNDS; N; NASDAQ (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITIES DEALERS AUTOMATED QUOTATIONS); NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE (NYSE); NONQUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS; O; OFFERING; ONLINE BROKER; OPEN-END FUNDS; OPTION CONTRACT; P; PASS-THROUGH SECURITY; PENSION BENEFITS; POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS; PRECIOUS METALS; PREFERRED STOCK; PRESENT-VALUE INVESTMENTS; PRICE-EARNINGS (P/E) RATIO; PRIVATE MORTGAGE PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATE; PRODUCER PRICE INDEX (PPI); PUBLIC PURPOSE BOND; PUT OPTION; Q; QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS; R; RATIO; RATIO ANALYSISREAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (REIT)REAL RATE OF RETURN; RETAINED EARNINGS; RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE); RISK; S; S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX; SAVINGS AND LOANS (S&L) ASSOCIATION; SAVINGS BONDS; SECURITIES; SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC); SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION (SIPC); SELLING; SHAREHOLDERS; SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS; SPECULATOR; STATE REGULATORS; STOCK; STOCK INDEX; STRIPS; SYSTEMATIC RISK; T; TAX; TAX-DEFERRED RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS; TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986; TERM LIFE INSURANCE; TICKER TAPE; TREASURY BILLS (T-BILLS); TREASURY BONDS (T-BONDS)TREASURY INFLATION-PROTECTED SECURITIES (TIPS)TREASURY NOTES (T-NOTES); TREASURY SECURITIES; TREASURY STOCK; TRUSTS AND LOANS; U; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST (UIT); V; VARIABLE ANNUITY; VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE; W; WILSHIRE TOTAL MARKET INDEX; WITHHOLDING TAX; Y; YIELD; YIELD-TO-MATURITY; Z; ZERO-COUPON BONDS; ZERO-COUPON CONVERTIBLES; Bibliography; IndexPractical information for investing newcomers!Have you wanted to seriously begin investing but are wary because of confusing and complicated terminology and concepts? Then the Concise Encyclopedia of Investing is for you. This A-to-Z reference provides clear, concise explanations of basic as well as more advanced investment terms to help even the most unsophisticated newcomer. This unique user-friendly handbook presents not only simple, brief explanations of various investing terms and concepts, but also a short discussion on each as to how it applies in everyday life.TInvestmentsInvestments -- EncyclopediasInvestmentsEncyclopediasFinanceHILCCBusiness & EconomicsHILCCInvestment & SpeculationHILCCElectronic books.Investments.Investments -- Encyclopedias.InvestmentsFinanceBusiness & EconomicsInvestment & Speculation332.603Stevens Robert E15978AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910452519603321Concise Encyclopedia of Investing1930808UNINA04557nam 2200589Ia 450 991077951140332120230126203327.01-61761-633-8(CKB)2550000001040734(EBL)3017943(SSID)ssj0000827340(PQKBManifestationID)12338756(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000827340(PQKBWorkID)10821510(PQKB)10917692(MiAaPQ)EBC3017943(Au-PeEL)EBL3017943(CaPaEBR)ebr10654914(OCoLC)923654444(EXLCZ)99255000000104073420101014d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial security[electronic resource] background, issues and proposals /editor, Jacob T. AlvarezNew York Nova Science Publishersc20111 online resource (174 p.)Social issues, justice and statusIncludes index.1-61761-469-6 ""SOCIAL SECURITY: BACKGROUND, ISSUES AND PROPOSALS""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY: BACKGROUND, ISSUES AND PROPOSALS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY: THE TRUST FUND ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""HOW THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM IS FINANCED ""; ""THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND AS A DESIGNATED ACCOUNT ""; ""Social Security Trust Fund Revenues ""; ""Social Security Trust Fund Costs ""; ""Social Security Trust Fund Operations""; ""Investment of the Social Security Trust Fund ""; ""The Social Security Trust Fund and the Federal Budget ""; ""On-Budget versus Off-Budget """"THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND AS ACCUMULATED HOLDINGS """"The Social Security Trust Fund and the Level of Federal Debt ""; ""The Social Security Trust Fund and Federal Default ""; ""The Social Security Trust Fund and Benefit Payments ""; ""End Notes ""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY: TRUST FUND INVESTMENT PRACTICES ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""BACKGROUND ""; ""ISSUES ""; ""End Notes""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY, SAVING, AND THE ECONOMY ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""SAVING AND THE ECONOMY ""; ""EXPLAINING HOUSEHOLD SAVING ""; ""Life Cycle Saving ""; ""Precautionary Saving """"Recent Trends in Household Saving""""SOCIAL SECURITY AND HOUSEHOLD SAVING ""; ""SAVING AND SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM ""; ""Fully Funded vs. Pay As You Go ""; ""Defined Benefit vs. Defined Contribution ""; ""Investing the Trust Fund in Private Securities ""; ""End Notes ""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT EARNINGS TEST: HOW EARNINGS AFFECT BENEFITS ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ""; ""CURRENT LAW ""; ""Social Security Worker and Auxiliary Benefits ""; ""The RET Applies to Beneficiaries below the Social Security Full Retirement Age """"The RET Reduces Social Security Benefits """"The RET Exempt Amounts""; ""Grace Year ""; ""The RET May Affect Social Security Benefits Received by Spouses, Survivors and Other Dependents""; ""Dually Entitled Beneficiaries ""; ""BENEFITS WITHHELD UNDER THE RET ARE RESTORED STARTING AT FRA ""; ""WORKER BENEFICIARIES WITH EARNINGS IN 2006 ""; ""APPLICATION OF THE RETIREMENT EARNINGS TEST ""; ""POLICY ISSUES ""; ""The RET and Work Incentives ""; ""The RET and Incentives to Claim Social Security Benefits ""; ""The RET, Retirement Security and Early Benefit Claims ""; ""Other Policy Issues """"FINANCIAL EFFECT OF REPEALING THE RET ON THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND""""APPENDIX A. COMPUTATION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY RETIRED-WORKER BENEFIT ""; ""Adjustment to Benefits Claimed before or after FRA ""; ""APPENDIX B. SOCIAL SECURITY AUXILIARY BENEFITS (BENEFITS FOR THE WORKERâ€?S FAMILY MEMBERS) ""; ""Maximum Family Benefit Amount ""; ""APPENDIX C. ANNUAL EXEMPT AMOUNTS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT EARNINGS TEST, CALENDAR YEARS 2000-2010""; ""End Notes ""; ""SOCIAL SECURITY: RAISING OR ELIMINATING THE TAXABLE EARNINGS BASE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""BACKGROUND """"Origin and History of the Taxable Earnings Base ""Social Issues, Justice and StatusSocial securityUnited StatesInsuranceUnited StatesSocial securityInsurance368.4/300973Álvarez Jacob T1571584MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779511403321Social security3846066UNINA