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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.

Xetra

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Arithmetic Mean

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

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

Quick ratio

Learn what quick ratio stands for in financial terms and how to calculate it.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Fixed Income

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

Gross Margin

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.

NASDAQ

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.

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