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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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.
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Ponzi Scheme

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

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.
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Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.
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Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.
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Oligopoly

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.
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S&P 500

Find out what is the definition of the S&P 500 index.
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Net Income (NI)

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

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.
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