This is the total value of all items owned by an individual or family, including tangible and intangible assets.

This general term describes a professional who provides financial evaluations and advice and who receives compensation in the form of commissions, fees, or some combination thereof.

This general term describes the wavelike pattern of rising and falling economic activity, consisting of expansions, peaks, contractions, and troughs.

This term describes the tool we use in financial transactions that allows us to value the exchange.

This term is used to characterize the value of a currency by describing the amount of goods and services that can be purchased by a dollar at a given time. Inflation tends to decrease this value.