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A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

Key Information Document (KID)

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Retail Prices Index (RPI)

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Stock Exchange

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

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

Venture Capital

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

Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR)

A return calculated over the time period invested, that excludes extraneous elements, such as deposits to and withdrawals from the investment accounted.

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