Income earned is exempt from state and local taxes.

Fixed Income Stocks The Reuters Select is a group of screens, and the portfolio of stocks resulting from the screens. Consumer Sciences Department at Cook College, Rutgers University. Thus, fixed annuities are like a CD, but are tax-deferred. But earnings growth only determines the breakdown of total returns into dividend yield and capital gain. The screens are run daily, so the stocks comprising the portfolio may change from day to day depending on whether or not they continue to meet the screen's objective criteria. Many also cap the maximum growth rate, which further reduces upside potential. Income earned is exempt from state and local taxes. Total expected returns are determined by risk alone. Two advantages of UITs are broad diversification and steady cash flow.

Share prices fluctuate inversely with changes in interest rates. As their name implies, zero-coupon bonds pay no zero annual interest. The indenture is the contract that states all of the terms of the bond.

Many investors and financial commentators believe high earnings growth rates and high rates of return go hand in hand. Many people think that CDs can only be purchased at banks. The maturity is the end of the bond, the date that the amount must be returned. Those with lower ratings are termed substandard grade. The principal of a bond is the amount that is being lent.