What is 'volatility'? Definition & meaning

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Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

Yield to maturity (YTM)

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?

Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.

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.

Bond

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OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

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