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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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An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

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Volatility

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

S&P 500

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Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

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