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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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Unicorn

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

Oligopoly

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.

Stock Exchange

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

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

Unit Trusts

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

Collective investment scheme

Learn what's a collective investment scheme

Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

Total Return

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

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