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Accrued interest

Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

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Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

Inflation

The increase in the prices of goods and services over time, and the process by which money loses its value.

Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

Yield to maturity (YTM)

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Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Account balance

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.

Equity

The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.

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