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Venture Capital

Venture Capital

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

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

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Limit order

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Income statement

A summary of a company's income and expenses over a set period of time.

Arithmetic Mean

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

Dividends

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Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

Ponzi Scheme

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

Custodian bank

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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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