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Securities

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

Bonds and stocks.

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LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

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Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

Fundamentals

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

Equity

The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.

Running yield

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

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