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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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Money weighted rate of return

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Stock Exchange

A physical/digital place where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.
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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.
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Retail Prices Index (RPI)

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.
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52-week high/low

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

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Zero-Sum Game

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