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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

Depository

We look at what is a depository and what role they play in keeping markets work.

Know Your Customer (KYC)

A legal requirement for financial firms to understand exactly who their customers are. Used to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.

Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.

Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

Unit Trusts

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Volatility

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

Rate of Return

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.

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