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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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Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

Year to Date (YTD)

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

Oligopoly

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.

W-8BEN Form

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

Hedge Fund

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

Xetra

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Yield

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

Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.

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