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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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After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

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.

Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

Balance sheet

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.

Unit Trusts

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

Collective investment scheme

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Depository

We look at what is a depository and what role they play in keeping markets work.

UK Treasury bill

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

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