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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

More terms

Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

Oligopoly

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Arithmetic Mean

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

Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

Equity ETF

An exchange-traded fund that is comprised of a set of stocks.

Collective investment scheme

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Depository

We look at what is a depository and what role they play in keeping markets work.

NASDAQ

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.

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