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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.

More terms

Xetra

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Fixed Income

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

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.

Total Return

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

Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.

Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.

Bull market

We explain what a 'bull market' means

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.

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

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