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W-8BEN Form

W-8BEN Form

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.

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Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.
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index-linked gilts

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.
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Bond

Learn what a bond is
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Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.
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American Depository Receipts (ADRs)

Tradeable assets that let Americans invest in overseas stocks using US laws and dollars.
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Limit order

Learn what a limit order is and how to use it to make the most of your portfolio.
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Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works
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Forward pricing

Mutual funds are traded on a forward pricing basis, meaning the price you see will be different to the price you may trade at.
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52-week high/low

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