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Know Your Customer (KYC)

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.

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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Fixed Income

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

Collective investment scheme

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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.

Fundamentals

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

Value Investing

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

Limit order

Learn what a limit order is and how to use it to make the most of your portfolio.

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

Hedge Fund

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

Zero coupon bonds

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