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Volatility

Volatility

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

More terms

Investment Return

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

Fixed Income

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

Arithmetic Mean

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

Zero coupon bonds

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Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

Account balance

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

Compound interest

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