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Running yield

Running yield

The annual interest payment (dividend) divided by the current market price of a bond.

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Stock Exchange

A physical/digital place where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.

Xetra

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Junk Bond

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

Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

Ponzi Scheme

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

S&P 500

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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.

Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

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