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Stock Exchange

Stock Exchange

A physical/digital place where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.

A physical/digital place where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.

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Bed & ISA

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Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

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.

Net Income (NI)

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

United States Dollar (USD)

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

Running yield

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

Quantitative easing

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.

Volatility

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

Oligopoly

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

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