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Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

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

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

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Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

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A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

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52-week high/low

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

Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.

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Leverage

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

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