investment options
Where money goes
Investment options are the various choices available for putting money to work with the expectation of generating returns.
The term appears most often in contexts involving retirement accounts, where participants select from a menu of funds or securities: Review your 401(k) investment options during open enrollment.
More broadly, it encompasses any assets one might consider—stocks, bonds, real estate, mutual funds—when deciding where to allocate capital.
- domestic marketsTrade within one country
- bull marketPeriod of rising prices
- bear marketProlonged securities decline
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- blue chip stocksShares in financially solid corporations
penny stocks · international markets · bonds · fixed income · mutual funds · risk tolerance · emerging markets · real estate · passive income · venture capital · private equity · retirement accounts · nest egg · tax shelters · annuities · safe havens · commodities · cryptocurrencies
- pensionspension, pension fund, pension plan, pension benefits, pension funds
- retirement plans401k, IRA, Roth IRA, 403b, defined benefit
- 401(k)contributions, employer match, vesting, rollover, rollovers
- Tax-Advantaged AccountsFSA, health savings, contributions, reimbursement, account balance
investment optionsspending
Outlaying of funds
consumption · divestment · hoarding · cash hoarding · expenditure
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