PERSONAL FINANCE GLOSSARY

Daily simple interest

Day High

Day Low

Death Benefit

Debenture

Debt-To-Income Ratio

Decreasing Term Insurance

Deed

Default

Deferred Annuity

Defined Benefit Plan

Defined Contribution Plan

Depreciation

Derivatives

Devaluation

Diluted Earnings

Disability Income Rider

Discount Rate

Distribution

Diversification

Dividend

Dividend Yield Ration

Document Preparation

Dollar Cost Averaging

Donor

Double Indemnity

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Down Market Performance

Down Payment

Duration

A stock's annual dividend divided by its current share price. As a stock's price declines, its dividend yield increases, and vice versa.