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Interest Rate

Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

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SPAC

Find our what a SPAc or special purpose acquisition company is.

Equity ETF

An exchange-traded fund that is comprised of a set of stocks.

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

Base rate

What's the base rate?

Forward pricing

Mutual funds are traded on a forward pricing basis, meaning the price you see will be different to the price you may trade at.

Venture Capital

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

Income statement

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

OEIC

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

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

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