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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.

More terms

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Oligopoly

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

OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

Junk Bond

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

Account balance

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

NASDAQ

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

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