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Time Value of Money

Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.

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Rate of Return

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

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

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

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.
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Value stocks

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.
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Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.
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Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.
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Coupon

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.
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After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.
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