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Gross Margin

Gross Margin

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

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

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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.

Beta

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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

Junk Bond

A form of debt investment that carries higher risk because of the likelihood that the issuer will default.

Value stocks

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.

Base rate

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52-week high/low

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

LSE

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

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