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Securities

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

Bonds and stocks.

More terms

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Beta

Learn what Beta stands for in finance.

Fixed Income

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

United States Dollar (USD)

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

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

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

Limit order

Learn what a limit order is and how to use it to make the most of your portfolio.

Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?

Ponzi Scheme

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

Total Return

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

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