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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NYSE

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.
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Net Asset Value (NAV)

The value of a company's assets relative to the number of shares it has.
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Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
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Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time
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Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.
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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.
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Yield to maturity (YTM)

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?
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Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.
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Arithmetic Mean

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