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The risk that your purchasing power will be reduced if the value of your investments does not surpass the inflation rate.

A decrease in the purchasing power of money that leads to a general increase in the price of goods and services.

Municipal debt securities that are issued by a government agency on behalf of a private sector company. They’re intended to build or acquire factories or tools.

The dividend yield that a share of stock would return based on the most recent dividend.

An estimate of a security’s dividend payments for the next 12 months based on what it paid in the past.

A mutual fund or exchange-traded fund that aims to track the returns of a market index.

A contract between a bond issuer and bondholders.

A way of receiving regular income.

An equity security that pays regular dividends.

Funds that pursue current income over capital appreciation by investing in dividend-paying stocks, bonds, and other income-generating securities.