Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• SECONDARY CD
  
  A certificate of deposit bought or sold on the secondary market. Brokerages create a secondary market to buy and sell CDs that the original investor doesn’t want to hold until maturity. There is no interest penalty for selling a CD prior to maturity on the secondary market, but whether you receive your full investment depends on market conditions.
  
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