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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Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.
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Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.
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Base rate

What's the base rate?
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Over-The-Counter (OTC)

A security that is sold outside of an exchange.
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Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.
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Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
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Zero coupon bonds

What is a zero coupon bond?
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Earnings per share

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it
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S&P 500

Find out what is the definition of the S&P 500 index.
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