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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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Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

Rate of Return

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

Beta

Learn what Beta stands for in finance.

Volatility

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.

Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

Collective investment scheme

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