PERSONAL FINANCE GLOSSARY

P/E

Passive Management

Pay Date

Payee

Payee Account Number

Payment Protection

Percent Change

Percent Profit

Period Certain Payout

Periodic Rate

Points

Policy Owner

Policy Year

Preferred Risk

Preferred Shares

Premium

Premium Tax

Prepaid Tuition Plan

Prepayment Penalty

Prequalification

Previous

Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E)

Primary Beneficiary

Prime Rate

Principal

Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)

Probate

Proceeds

Prospectus

Put Option

Preferred shares give investors a fixed dividend from the company's earnings. And more importantly: preferred shareholders get paid before common shareholders.

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