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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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Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

S&P 500

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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.

Collective investment scheme

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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.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Running yield

The annual interest payment (dividend) divided by the current market price of a bond.

SPAC

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