1. Unit 4 Vocabulary RETIREMENT AND INVESTMENT BROWN

2. Financial Security- the condition of having the resources to support a standard of living now and in the foreseeable future.

3. Social Security: A federal system program in which the government provides money to people who are unable to work because they are old, disabled, or unemployed

4. Retirement- the point in time when a person chooses to leave the workforce permanently, usually at age 65 or older

5. Individual Retirement Account: An individual retirement account (IRA) that allows individuals to direct pretax income, up to specific annual limits, toward investments that can grow tax-deferred

6. Roth IRA: an individual retirement account allowing a person to set aside after-tax income up to a specified amount each year. Both earnings on the account and withdrawals after age 59½ are tax- free.

7. Pension: money paid to an employee by the employer from a specific, employer-funded (and in some cases partially employee funded) retirement investment fund after retirement or separation from service before retirement.

8. Keogh Plan: A tax deferred retirement plan available to self-employed individuals and their employees for retirement purposes

9. Annuity: a fixed amount of money that is paid to someone each year

10. 401(k): a retirement investment plan that allows an employee to invest a percentage of their wages into a tax-deferred account chosen by the employer

11. 403 (b) - a retirement plan offered to employees of tax-exempt or non-profit organizations

12. Risk-The uncertainty of a return and the potential for financial loss

13. Investment- Assets purchased with the goal of providing additional income from the asset itself but with the risk of loss

14. Liquidity- The ability to convert an asset to cash quickly

15. Yield- The percentage of increase in the value of your savings due to earned interest

16. Annual percentage yield (APY) - The published annual rate of return on an investment/savings account

17. Investment Strategy- An investor's plan of attack to guide their investment decisions based on individual goals, risk tolerance and future needs for capital

18. Diversification: the strategy of spreading out investments to reduce risk

19. Portfolio- a collection of financial assets

20. Prospectus- an investment report that provides information to potential investors

21. Return- the money an investor receives above and beyond the sum of money initially invested

22. Rate of Return-Total return on investment expressed as a percentage of the amount of money saved

23. Living Wills- A plan to care for someone who is young or incapacitated and cannot care for themselves

24. Executor- Individual who executes a contract. Commonly used as the term to define the person who carries out a will

25. Decedent- legal term used for someone who has died

26. Beneficiary-refers to someone who is eligible to receive distributions from a trust, will or life insurance policy

27. Testator- A person who makes a will

28. Fiduciary-A person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another

29. Intestate- Dying without a will

30. Power of Attorney-A legal document authorizing someone to act on your behalf

31. Trusts- A legal document in which an individual (the trustor) gives someone else (the trustee) control of property, for ultimate distribution to another person (the beneficiary).

32. Will- A legal document that tells how you want your estate to be distributed after your death

33. Estate Planning- Is the process of planning for the administration and transfer of property during one’s lifetime or at one’s death.

34. Probate- A court process that validates a will.

35. Heirs- People entitled to receive the property or assets from another person who has died

36. Inheritance- All or part of the estate of a decedent