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Nonbank Financial Intermediaries. Finance Company- make loans directly to consumer Life Insurance Mutual Funds- sells stock in itself and invests in other stocks and bonds.
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Nonbank Financial Intermediaries • Finance Company- make loans directly to consumer • Life Insurance • Mutual Funds- sells stock in itself and invests in other stocks and bonds. • Pension Funds- income security to someone who has worked a certain number of years • Real Estate Investment(REIT)- loans to construction companies
Investment Considerations • Risk and Return • Objective • Consistency • Complexity
Bonds • Coupon- interest • Maturity- life • Par Value- dollar value • Corporate, Municipal and Government
Certificate of Deposit(CD) • Loans made to financial institutions • Time sensitive • FDIC insured
Money Market • Mutual fund • Not FDIC insured • Higher interest rate
Treasuries • US Government borrowing money • Seen as very safe investment
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) • Long term tax shelters used for retirement
Organized Stock Exchanges • New York (NYSE) • American (AMEX) • Regional • Global • National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) • Over the Counter (OTC)
Dow-Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) • 30 active, reputable, large, reflective stocks on NYSE
Stand + Poor’s 500 • Larger, covers AMEX, OTC, NYSE
Money • Medium of Exchange • Standard of Value • Store of Value • Standard of deferred payment
Money Standard • Gold Standard • Fiat Money Standard
M1 • Currency, demand deposits, and traveler’s checks • Quick cash
M2 • M1+savings, time deposits (CD’s) and money markets • Not as liquid
M3 • M2+large-demnomination times deposits • $100,000 or more
Demand for Money • Price level of goods • Income • Interest rates • Credit availability
Demand for Money • Transactions motive • Daily spending • Precautionary motive • Emergency money • Speculative motive • Future
Investments • Stocks • Bonds • Commodities