Spot Rate

The currency exchange rate a bank quotes, valid with immediate effect.

The currency exchange rate a bank quotes, valid with immediate effect.

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Quick ratio

Learn what quick ratio stands for in financial terms and how to calculate it.
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Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.
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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.
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Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

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

Learn what financial capital means
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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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Zero coupon bonds

What is a zero coupon bond?
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index-linked gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.
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Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.
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