What is 'oligopoly'? Definition & meaning

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Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.

Key Information Document (KID)

A document issued by an investment fund to help investors determine if it's the right fund for them.

Unit Trusts

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

Volatility

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

Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

W-8BEN Form

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

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

Total Return

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

Oligopoly