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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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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.
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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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Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated
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Rate of Return

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.
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Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.
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Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.
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Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?
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Ponzi Scheme

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

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.
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