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Hedge Fund

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

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W-8BEN Form

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.

Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?

Quantitative easing

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

Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.

Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

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