What is the 'time value of money'? Definition & meaning

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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.

Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

Value Investing

The art of buying shares which trade below their value, according to the analysis of the value investor.

Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

Collective investment scheme

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Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

Money weighted rate of return

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

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

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Time Value of Money