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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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Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

Yield to maturity (YTM)

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?

Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

Annualised Rate of Return

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

LSE

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

Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?

Bull market

We explain what a 'bull market' means

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