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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 Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

Money laundering

A method of moving money obtained illicitly through the financial system so it can be used legally.

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

Capital

Learn what financial capital means

Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

Value stocks

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.

NASDAQ

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.

Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

Gilt

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