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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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Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.
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Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.
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Gilt

What is a gilt?
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Money laundering

A method of moving money obtained illicitly through the financial system so it can be used legally.
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Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works
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Earnings per share

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it
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Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.
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DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.
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Volatility

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