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Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

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Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

Profit and Loss Statement (P&L)

A statement that summarises firm's expenses, costs, and revenues incurred during a time period. AKA income statement.

Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.

W-8BEN Form

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.

SPAC

Find our what a SPAc or special purpose acquisition company is.

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

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

Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.

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