Ponzi Scheme

Listing a company on a stock exchange, or the shares that are genuinely up for grabs once it’s there.

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

Going public without the traditional IPO. Existing shares, straight onto the exchange, no new money raised.

Learn what a margin call stands for in financial terms.

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.

The value of a company's assets relative to the number of shares it has.

Trading in new shares before they’re officially admitted to the exchange, on the condition that admission goes ahead.

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