NASDAQ

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

Tradeable assets that let Americans invest in overseas stocks using US laws and dollars.

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Mutual funds and investment trusts are priced on their net asset value (NAV).

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.

A summary of a company's income and expenses over a set period of time.

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.