Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

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Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.
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Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.
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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.
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Equity

The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.
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Value Investing

The art of buying shares which trade below their value, according to the analysis of the value investor.
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Coupon

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.
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Fixed Income

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

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.
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NYSE

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.
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