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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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Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

Income statement

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

Diversification

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

UK Treasury bill

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

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