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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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Over-The-Counter (OTC)

A security that is sold outside of an exchange.
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NYSE

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.
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Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

An investment trust specialised in investing in commercial property such as parking garages or GP offices.
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Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt
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Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.
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Account balance

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.
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Venture Capital

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

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.
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LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.
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