Venture Capital

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

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

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

A situation in which one person's gain is another's loss.

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.

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

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