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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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Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

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

UK Treasury bill

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

Stock Exchange

A physical/digital place where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.

Zero-Sum Game

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

Beta

Learn what Beta stands for in finance.

LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

Hypothesis Testing

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

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