What is 'Rate of Return'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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Zero-Sum Game

A situation in which one person's gain is another's loss.

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.

Annualised Rate of Return

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

NYSE

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

Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

Time Value of Money

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

Bull market

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Synthetic ETFs

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

Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

Rate of Return