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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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An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.
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London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.
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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.
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The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.
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Beta

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Equity ETF

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