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Key Investment Terms: a Glossary

Absolute-return funds: Funds that aim to deliver positive returns in both rising and falling markets.

Dogs of the Dow: An investment strategy of buying the 10 highest-yielding stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average. Over one-year periods, the 10 stocks tend to outperform all 30 stocks in the Dow combined because investors are buying them at depressed prices and earning the highest...

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