What is the 'Key Information Document (KID)'? Definition & meaning

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Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

Annualised Rate of Return

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

Growth stocks

These are stocks in companies that are considered to be “growing”. These companies may be delivering new products and services, or entering new markets.

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.

Ponzi Scheme

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

Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The value of a company's assets relative to the number of shares it has.

DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.

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.

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Key Information Document (KID)