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Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

Rate of Return

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

Equity

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

Key Information Document (KID)

A document issued by an investment fund to help investors determine if it's the right fund for them.

Retail Prices Index (RPI)

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.

Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

Account balance

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

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