What are 'Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)'? Definition & meaning

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SPAC

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Coupon

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

Margin call

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Depository

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After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Leverage

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

Maturity value

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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.

Volatility

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

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Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)