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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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Stock Exchange

A physical/digital place where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.

Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.

Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

Unicorn

A startup valued at over £1 billion. They are rare, hence the name.

Capital

Learn what financial capital means

Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.

Equity

The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.

Interest Rate

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

Synthetic ETFs

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

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