Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

The currency exchange rate a bank quotes, valid with immediate effect.

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These are stocks in companies that are considered to be “growing”. These companies may be delivering new products and services, or entering new markets.

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Listing a company on a stock exchange, or the shares that are genuinely up for grabs once it’s there.

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

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

A method of moving money obtained illicitly through the financial system so it can be used legally.

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.