Real Estate - The least liquid of all consumer investments, Money Market Account - Great for emergency funds due to their liquidity and stability., Gold - Has a 70-year track record of 4.1% returns., Bear Market - A period of time when stock market prices are steadily decreasing, Bull Market - A period of time when stock market prices are steadily increasing, Diversification - Holding a variety of investments in order to reduce risk, investment Portfolio - A collection of assets (investments), such as stocks, bonds, real estate, and other holdings, Liquidity - A measure of the ability to turn an asset into cash quickly, Mutual Fund - A collection of stocks and/or bonds combined into one fund which will be traded as a unit, typically chosen and actively managed., Roth IRA - An individual retirement account in which you pay taxes on the contributions first, but then withdrawals are tax free later in life., S&P 500 - An index of 500 large cap companies chosen based on their size, industry, and other factors, used to represent the entire market, Cryptocurrency - a digital currency in which transactions are verified and records maintained by a decentralized system using cryptography, rather than by a centralized authority., Non-Fungible Token - a unique digital identifier that cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided, that is recorded in a blockchain, and that is used to certify authenticity and ownership, Bonds - When you buy this, you are loaning money to an organization., 401(k) - A retirement account offered through and funded in-part by an employer, where an employee can contribute money from his or her paycheck,

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