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Hypothesis Testing

Hypothesis Testing

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

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

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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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Yield to maturity (YTM)

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?
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Coupon

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.
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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.
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Gilt

What is a gilt?
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OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.
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Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.
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Money weighted rate of return

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

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.
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