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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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Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.
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Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest
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Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.
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Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.
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Annualised Rate of Return

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

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.
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Nominal amount

The face value of a gilt. It represents the amount that will be repaid to the holder at maturity and is also used to calculate the dividend or coupon payment.
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American Depository Receipts (ADRs)

Tradeable assets that let Americans invest in overseas stocks using US laws and dollars.
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Income statement

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