Withholding Tax

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

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

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

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

When a private company sells shares to the public for the first time. Its stock market debut, basically.

Mutual funds and investment trusts are priced on their net asset value (NAV).

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

The official document a company publishes before selling shares to the public. Long, detailed, and worth a read.

Learn what a margin call stands for in financial terms.