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Year to Date (YTD)
Year to Date (YTD)
A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.
A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.
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After-hours trading
Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.
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Accounting standards
The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.
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Ponzi Scheme
A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.
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Securities
Bonds and stocks.
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Xetra
A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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Venture Capital
A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.
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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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Custodian bank
Learn what a custodian bank is.
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Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.
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