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Costs and Charges

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

The money you pay when investing.

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Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.

Annualised Rate of Return

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

UK Treasury bill

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

Equity

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

Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

Account balance

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

S&P 500

Find out what is the definition of the S&P 500 index.

Capital

Learn what financial capital means

Leverage

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

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