What is 'Hedge Fund'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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

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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.

Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

Interest Rate

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

Money laundering

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

DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.

Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?

Maturity date

The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

Zero-Sum Game

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

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

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