PERSONAL FINANCE GLOSSARY

Immediate Annuity

Incentive Stock Option

Incontestable Clause

Increasing Term Insurance

Index Funds

Individual Retirement Account (IRA)

Inflation Risk

Inflation-Indexed Bonds

Initial Public Offering

Insiders

Inspection Report

Installment Debt

Insurability

Insurable Interest

Insurance Application

Insured

Insurer

Interest Rate

Interest Rate Future

Interest Rate Risk

International Funds

Intestate

Introductory Annual Percentage Rate (APR)

Investment Risk

Irrevocable Beneficiary

Irrevocable Trust

A type of stock option that allows an employee to buy shares of an employer's stock at a preestablished price. If the shares are held for a longer period of time, the sales price will reflect a favorable tax treatment.