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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Capital

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Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
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Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.
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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.
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Margin call

Learn what a margin call stands for in financial terms.
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Inflation

The increase in the prices of goods and services over time, and the process by which money loses its value.
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Synthetic ETFs

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

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.
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Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

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