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Costs and Charges

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

The money you pay when investing.

More terms

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

Xetra

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Leverage

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

OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.

Running yield

The annual interest payment (dividend) divided by the current market price of a bond.

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

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