I've had such fun playing the alphabet game on the unemployment forum that I thought I'd start an investing alphabet game.

Starting with the letter A then going to B etc. let's see how many investing terms or products or people we can name.

I'll start.

A

Annuity

B

B is Bonds

Great idea. This one will definitely challenge the mind though!

Capital

D for Debt

E

E
Expenditures

Thanks for joining us Beetlemess.

F

Federal Reserve

G

G
<some will say I'm always trying to find ways to collect more>

Gold

next: 'H'

H
Hedge funds

next I

I is for interest, which we all like to earn

next is J!

J

Junk Bonds

Next: K

k

Keogh Plan

Next letter l

L
Loophole

next: 'M'

M
Mortgage

next: N

N
Net Margin

next: 'O'

O

Open-ended mutual fund

next: P

P
Penny Stock

next: 'Q'

Q
Quantitative Easing

Next: R

R
REIT = real estate investment trust

Next: S

Speculation

next: 'T'

T
TIPS = Treasury Inflation Protected Securities

next: U

U
Utility Maximization

next: 'V'

Krugerrand

Next: L

V
Variable Rate Certificate

next: 'W'

W
Working Capital

next: Z

Z

Zero-Coupon Bond

next: A

Plus checkout the new Alphabet Game - Currency

A
Amortized Bond

next: 'B'

B
Ben Bernanke

next: C

C
Compound Interest

next: 'D'

D
DRIP = Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Next: E

E
Exchange Rate Index

next: 'F'

F
FDIC = Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the agency that guarantees the safety of bank deposits up to $250,000)

next: G

G
Global Bond

next: 'H'

H
Historical Trading Range

next: I

I
Illiquid assets

next: 'J'

J
Jobless Recovery

next: K

K
Kerb Trading

next: 'L'

L
LEAPS = Long Term Equity Anticipation Security = long term options

next: K

M
Mid-Cap Fund

next: 'N'

N
Nasdaq

next: O

O
Outside Broker

next: 'P'

P
Precious metals

next: Q

Q
Quarterly Earnings Growth

next: 'R'

R
Range-Bound Trading

next: S

S
S&P 500 - Widely held 500 stocks listed by Standard & Poor

next: 'T'

T
Trading Floor (on the New York Stock Exchange)

next: U

U
Underperformance

next: 'V'

V
Value Deflation

(also known as shadow inflation = when companies cut costs by offering less product or service while not raising prices = an example, is when cereal companies put less cereal in a same size box and keep the price the same)

next: W

W
Windfall (& not what Sandy did to the trees of the Mid-Atlantic States)

X
Xenocurrency

(a currency that trades in a market or is held in a bank in another country whose home currency is different)(example - euros trading in the United States or held in U.S. banks would be xenocurrency)

next:Y

Beetle - LOL on Windfall

To everyone- if I forget or skip a letter, feel free to correct me and use the next letter

Y
Year-End Dividend

next: 'Z'

Z
Zero-Dividend Preferred Stock

next: A

A
Aggressive Growth Fund

next: B

B
Balanced Fund

next: C

C
Cafeteria Plan

next: 'D'

D
DAX (The German Stock Exchange)

next: E

E
Early Withdrawal Penalty

next: 'F'

F
Factory Orders

next: G

G
Gunslinger - portfolio manager who aggressively invests in extremely risky stocks in hopes of high returns

next: 'H'

H
Hemline Theory
(a theory saying that the length of women's hemlines correlates with how the stock market is doing; the shorter the hemline, the more bullish stocks)

next: I

I
Interest Rate Buy Down (when a seller uses funds from a home sale to buy down the interest rate and reduce the buyer's monthly payments)

next: 'J'

J
Japanese Government Bond

next: K

K
Key Performance Indicators

next: 'L'

L
L-Shaped Recovery

next: M

M
Managed Futures Account

next: 'N'

N
Named Beneficiary

next: O

O
One Percent Rule - Rent that an investor might plan on collecting from the property should be 1% of the mortgage amount.

next: 'P'

P
Post-Retirement Risk

next: Q

Q
Quarterly Earnings Growth

next: 'R'

R
Real Economic Growth Rate

Next: S

S
Speculative Capital - Funds for the purpose of investments with a high degree of risk

next: 'T'

T
Total Stock Market Index Fund

next: U

U
U.S. Savings Bond - invest in America...

next: 'V'