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Equity

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.

More terms

Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

Dividends

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

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

W-8BEN Form

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

Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

Custodian bank

Learn what a custodian bank is.

Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.

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