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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Retail Prices Index (RPI)

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.

Running yield

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

Junk Bond

A form of debt investment that carries higher risk because of the likelihood that the issuer will default.

NYSE

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

Equity

The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.

Annualised Rate of Return

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

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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A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

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