What is 'XETRA'? Definition & meaning

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Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Venture Capital

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

Unit Trusts

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

NYSE

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.

Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

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

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

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.

American Depository Receipts (ADRs)

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

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