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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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Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

Ponzi Scheme

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

Unicorn

A startup valued at over £1 billion. They are rare, hence the name.

Leverage

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

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

NYSE

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

Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

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