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Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

Arithmetic Mean

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

NASDAQ

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

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

ESG investing

ESG is a hot topic right now for investors. Understand what ESG investing is all about and how you can use it to diversify your portfolio.

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

52-week high/low

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

Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.

Oligopoly

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.

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