What is 'Volatility'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Know Your Customer (KYC)

A legal requirement for financial firms to understand exactly who their customers are. Used to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.

Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

Income statement

A summary of a company's income and expenses over a set period of time.

Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

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.

Rate of Return

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

Fundamentals

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

Volatility