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V
Vesting Period - amount of time before an individual is allowed access to a 401k or pension plan

Next: W

W
War Bond

next: 'X'

X
X - used to denote that a stock has paid out its dividend; important because a stock will drop in price after issuing a dividend and investors need to know the cause of this drop

Next: y

Y
Yo-Yo - very volatile market

Not sure if this was played before & I'm at a point where too lazy to go back...

next: 'Z'

Z
Zero Layoff Policy - a policy where a company agrees to not layoff employees due to a bad economy or business cycle

Next: A

A
Accumulation Phase - the period of time when an investor is building his/her retirement portfolio - saving money and reinvesting that money

Next: B

B
Backup Withholding

Next: C

C
Cabinet Security - bond, sometimes a stock, which is listed on a major exchange but which is not actively traded

next: 'D'

D
Daniel Kahneman - Princeton University Professor who won a Noble Prize for research into human behavior and economics; demonstrated that the held belief that investors make rational decisions was not correct and that investors are moved by their feelings to make financial decisions

Next: E

E
E-Trade - Electronic trading company

next: 'F'