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Equity

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

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

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The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.
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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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Investment Trust

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

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

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.
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Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.
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Volatility

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.
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Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.
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DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.
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