What is the 'stock market'? Definition & meaning

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Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

Annualised Rate of Return

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

Account balance

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

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

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

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.

Junk Bond

A form of debt investment that carries higher risk because of the likelihood that the issuer will default.

LSE

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

Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

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