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Fundamentals

Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

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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.

Money weighted rate of return

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

Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.

S&P 500

Find out what is the definition of the S&P 500 index.

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

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.

NYSE

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

Synthetic ETFs

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

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

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