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OEIC

OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

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Junk Bond

A form of debt investment that carries higher risk because of the likelihood that the issuer will default.

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

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

Bond

Learn what a bond is

Quantitative easing

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Value stocks

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.

NASDAQ

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.

W-8BEN Form

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.

Inflation

The increase in the prices of goods and services over time, and the process by which money loses its value.

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