Strategy Beginner: Introduction to Investment Strategy

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1.
_______ are taxed at a relatively low rate if you hold your investments long enough.
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Capital gains. Long-term capital gains are taxed at a lower rate to encourage investment.
2.
Companies that do not pay dividends might be good growth investments.
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True. Often, companies do not pay dividends in order to funnel more profits into growth.
3.
It is never smart to invest through a full-service broker.
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False. Investors who do not want to put in the time or effort to research and manage their investments may find a full-service broker essential.
4.
In investment strategies, risk in traditional terms is _______.
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Good and bad. Risk in traditional terms can mean you fail to make money, or even lose it; but possible returns usually increase with the amount of risk.
5.
When interest rates go up, the value of your current bonds on the market _______.
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Goes down. Market prices of bonds tend to have an inverse relationship to interest rates.