You may cancel your contract within a short period (usually lasting at least 10 days) of receiving it without a…
A variable annuity is a contract between you and an insurance company, under which you make a lump-sum payment or…
A unit investment trust UIT is one of three basic types of investment companies. The other two types are open-end funds…
Ultra-short bond funds are mutual funds that generally invest in fixed income securities with extremely short maturities, or time periods in which…
An institution, usually a bank, designated by the issuer as the custodian of funds and official representative of bondholders.
Treasury securities—including Treasury bills, notes, and bonds—are debt obligations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Treasury securities are…
All brokerage account transfers start and end with your new firm. Customers initiate the transfer process by completing a Transfer…
The total of a fund's annual fund operating expenses, expressed as a percentage of the fund's average net assets. You'll…
Your time horizon is the number of months, years, or decades you need to invest to achieve your financial goal.
Each publicly traded common stock in the U.S. receives a short abbreviation that identifies it, known as its stock symbol…