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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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Key Information Document (KID)

A document issued by an investment fund to help investors determine if it's the right fund for them.

Earnings per share

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it

Ponzi Scheme

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

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Over-The-Counter (OTC)

A security that is sold outside of an exchange.

United States Dollar (USD)

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

Yield

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

W-8BEN Form

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.

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