Dirty price

The total price payable on the purchase of a gilt. It’s calculated as the clean price plus accrued interest.

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LSE

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

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated
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Value stocks

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.
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Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.
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Unit Trusts

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.
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Gross Margin

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.
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W-8BEN Form

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.
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Ponzi Scheme

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

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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