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Net Income (NI)

Net Income (NI)

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

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

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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.

Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

Gilt

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Annualised Rate of Return

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

Value Investing

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

Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.

Earnings per share

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it

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