What is 'Value Investing'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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

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After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Over-The-Counter (OTC)

A security that is sold outside of an exchange.

Annualised Rate of Return

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

Quantitative easing

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.

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.

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.

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).

NASDAQ

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.

Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

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