Terms with Category Investments

  • Recognized Gain or Loss Definition,
    • The amount of gain or loss reported for income tax purposes. You may be able to defer recognizing gain or loss on certain property exchanges, such as like-kind exchanges.
  • Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) Acronym, Canada, Very Important,
    • An investment vehicle used for a child's post-secondary education.
    RESPs are offered by most financial institutions in Canada.
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Acronym, Canada, Very Important,
    • A savings plan introduced by the federal government to encourage Canadians to save money for retirement. The investment and the interest earned on it is sheltered: it will not be taxed as long as it is left in the plan.
    Tax deferred investment contribution used to reduce income tax.
  • Rental Property (RP) Acronym, Important,
    • Property that is occupied by rent-paying tenants and not the owner.
  • Reserve Definition,
    • Money retained for some future use.
  • Retained Earnings Definition,
    • All of the profits or losses accumulated from prior years and from the present year's income statement, minus dividends paid to you.
  • Return Definition,
    • Any increase in value or in income you earn on purchase or investment.
  • Return on Assets (ROA) Acronym,
    • A ratio that shows how profitable a company is when compared to its assets.
  • Return on Equity (ROE) Acronym,
    • A ratio that shows how profitable a company is when compared to shareholder equity.
  • Return on Investment (ROI) Acronym, Very Important,
    • The profit an investment generates, expressed as equity divided by cash flow.
  • Revenue Definition,
    • Money earned by a company from its business activities.
  • Reverse Mortgage Definition, Important,
    • A loan that allows an older homeowner to convert built-up equity into cash. The loan comes due when the owner dies, sells the house or moves out.
  • Reverse Takeover Definition,
    • The purchase of a public company by a private company, often to avoid the IPO process.
  • Revocable Beneficiary Definition,
    • A beneficiary whose benefit can be modified without his or her consent.
  • Royalty Income Definition,
    • Payment for the use and exploitation of certain kinds of property, such as artistic or literary works, patents and mineral rights.
  • Savings Account Definition,
    • A financial account that pays interest with low risk.
  • Second Home Definition,
    • An additionally purchased property, often a vacation or a rental property.
  • Second Home Mortgage Definition, Important,
    • A mortgage used purchase property, often a vacation or a rental property.
  • Secondary Market Definition,
    • A market where financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, options and futures are bought and sold to investors.
  • Secondary Mortgage Market Definition, Important,
    • The trade in home loans that are bundled together and sold as securities to investors. It frees money so more people can get mortgages.
  • Securities/Investment Dealer Definition,
    • One who acts as the agent for another party to buy and sell securities and other investments; also an underwriter.
  • Security Definition,
    • Property designated as collateral.
    • A document stating ownership of a stock or bond.
    • A tradable financial implement that represents ownership, the rights to ownership or debt.
  • Seed Funding Definition,
    • Money used to start a business.
  • Segregated Fund Definition,
    • Investment vehicles that feature both maturity and death guarantees. Segregated funds share similarities with mutual funds but are categorized as insurance products.
  • Selection Bias Definition,
    • A statistical error made when non-random data is added into a dataset.
  • Self-Selection Bias Definition,
    • A selection bias that occurs when individuals join a sample group voluntarily.
  • Shared-Appreciation Mortgage (SAM) Acronym,
    • A mortgage loan where the lender or a third-party backer agrees to offer a highly reduced mortgage rate to the borrower in exchange of sharing profits when the property is sold.
    • A home loan in which the lender offers a below-market interest rate in exchange for sharing in the profit when the home is sold. Usually done only with private funds/lenders.
  • Short-Term Capital Gain (STCG) Acronym,
    • Your gain from the sale of a capital asset that you held for one year or less.
  • Short-term Capital Loss Definition,
    • Your loss from the sale of a capital asset that you held for one year or less.
  • Single Premium Deferred Annuity (SPDA) Acronym,
    • A deferred annuity funded with a single payment.
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