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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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Net asset value

Mutual funds and investment trusts are priced on their net asset value (NAV).

Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

Zero coupon bonds

What is a zero coupon bond?

Leverage

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

Gross Margin

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.

52-week high/low

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

Arithmetic Mean

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

Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

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