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COMPOUND INTEREST: Interest that's added to a principal at regular intervals such that each subsequent interest calculation is based on the original principal and the added interest. For example, suppose you have a $100 savings account that pays 5 percent interest. Without compound interest, such that your 5 percent interest is paid only at the end of a year, you will have exactly $105 in one year. However, if your interest is compounded each month you end up with $105.12 after a year. The extra 12 cents comes from interest on the interest paid the first month, interest on the interest paid the second month, interest on the interest paid the third month... well I could go on.
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RISK PREFERENCES Three alternative views concerning the choice between a risky outcome and a certain outcome -- risk aversion, risk neutrality, and risk loving. Some people prefer to avoid risk (risk aversion), others enjoy engaging in risk (risk loving), and still others are indifferent (risk neutrality). Most people are risk averse, which underlies the provision of insurance. Others who are risk loving are more inclined to gamble, play the stock market, and be entrepreneurs.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time looking for a downtown retail store hoping to buy either a decorative windchime with plastic or a flower arrangement for that special day for your mother. Be on the lookout for crowded shopping malls.
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A thousand years before metal coins were developed, clay tablet "checks" were used as money by the Babylonians.
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"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." -- Rene Descartes
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ECLA
Economic Commission for Latin America
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