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Term
Definition
Asset Class
Bank
Borrower
Budget
Budgeting
Business Cycle
Depicts the changes and fluctuating levels in an economy over the long
term.
Capital Growth
Competence
Confidentiality
Consumer Credit
Credit Card
Diversification
Duty of Disclosure
Economy
Estate Planning
Arranging your affairs including assets and liabilities to provide for your
beneficiaries.
Ethics
Financial Adviser
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Term
Definition
Financial Plan/
Statement of Advice
Financial System
Fiscal Policy
When the interest rate is fixed and does not change for the term of the
loan.
Franked Dividends
Income forms a share where company tax has already been paid.
GDP - Gross
Domestic Product
Inflation
Insurance
Integrity
Interest Rate
The cost of money. That is, the rate that a borrower pays for using other
peoples money.
Investment
Putting aside money for the longer term, with the expectation of
receiving a gain either through income, capital growth or both.
Investor
Liquidity
Liquidity Risk
Risk that a market will lack sufficient depth to facilitate efficient and
inexpensive entry into and exit from the market.
Managed Fund
Maturity
Monetary Policy
Mortgage
A lenders requirement for large loans where the lender will ask for
security (property) to protect themselves in the case of default.
Objectivity
Para Planner
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Term
Definition
Professionalism
Acting with care, diligence, displaying trust, ethics and acting in the best
interest of clients.
Property
Reserve Bank of
Australia
Risk
Saving
Security
Shares / Equity
Superannuation
Term Deposit
A short term investment where the principal earns a set interest rate for
the period.
Unemployment Rate
Variable Interest
Rates
When interest rates change over the term of the loan and the
repayments can go up or down.
Volatility
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