What are 'fundamentals'? Definition & meaning

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Balance sheet

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.

Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

Hedge Fund

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

Limit order

Learn what a limit order is and how to use it to make the most of your portfolio.

Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

Zero-Sum Game

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

Equity

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

Synthetic ETFs

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

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

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

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