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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Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.
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Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.
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Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.
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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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Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.
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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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Zero-Sum Game

A situation in which one person's gain is another's loss.
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Quantitative easing

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.
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Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.
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