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Income statement

Income statement

A summary of a company's income and expenses over a set period of time.

A summary of a company's income and expenses over a set period of time.

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Volatility

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

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.
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Xetra

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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Know Your Customer (KYC)

A legal requirement for financial firms to understand exactly who their customers are. Used to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.
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Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.
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Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.
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Retail Prices Index (RPI)

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.
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Balance sheet

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.
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NYSE

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.
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