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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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Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

Ponzi Scheme

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

Zero coupon bonds

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Bull market

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Time Value of Money

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

Custodian bank

Learn what a custodian bank is.

Margin call

Learn what a margin call stands for in financial terms.

Technical Analysis

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

Stock Exchange

A physical/digital place where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.

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