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Financial Literacy Standards

9.3: Investing

12.2: Investors earn investment returns from price changes and annual cash flows (such as interest, dividends or rent). The nominal annual rate of return is the annual total dollar benefit as a percentage of the beginning price.

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12.2.a: Describe the different types of annual cash flows that can be received by investors.

12.4: Because inflation reduces purchasing power over time, the real return on a financial asset is lower than its nominal return.

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Defined by Standards for Personal Finance: NGPF 9th-12th Grades and align with Shares and CDs
12.4.b: Explain the relationship between nominal and real returns.
12.4.c: Find the current rate paid on CDs at a bank and calculate the expected real rate after inflation.