What is 'Hedge Fund'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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

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Volatility

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

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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.

Annualised Rate of Return

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

Xetra

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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Rate of Return

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

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