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NYSE

NYSE

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.

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Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

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.

Running yield

The annual interest payment (dividend) divided by the current market price of a bond.

Earnings per share

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

Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

Bull market

We explain what a 'bull market' means

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