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Maturity date

Maturity date

The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

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Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.

Margin call

Learn what a margin call stands for in financial terms.

Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.

Volatility

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

Money laundering

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

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.

Zero-Sum Game

A situation in which one person's gain is another's loss.

Ponzi Scheme

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

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

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