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Stock Market

Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

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Collective investment scheme

Learn what's a collective investment scheme

Time Value of Money

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

Spot Rate

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

Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

Arithmetic Mean

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

Custodian bank

Learn what a custodian bank is.

LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

Inflation

The increase in the prices of goods and services over time, and the process by which money loses its value.

Account balance

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

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