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Fixed Income

Fixed Income

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

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Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated
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Dividends

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

A graphical representation of interest rates over time
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Zero-Sum Game

A situation in which one person's gain is another's loss.
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NASDAQ

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

Mutual funds are traded on a forward pricing basis, meaning the price you see will be different to the price you may trade at.
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52-week high/low

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

The money you pay when investing.
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Synthetic ETFs

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