What is 'Venture Capital'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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

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W-8BEN Form

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.

NYSE

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.

Running yield

The annual interest payment (dividend) divided by the current market price of a bond.

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.

Investment Return

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

UK Treasury bill

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

Coupon

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

Account balance

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.

Maturity date

The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

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