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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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Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
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Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR)

A return calculated over the time period invested, that excludes extraneous elements, such as deposits to and withdrawals from the investment accounted.
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Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.
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Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.
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American Depository Receipt (ADRs)

Tradeable assets that let Americans invest in overseas stocks using US laws and dollars.
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Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.
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Yield to maturity

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?
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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.
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Beta

Learn what Beta stands for in finance.
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