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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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Dividends
Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.
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Equity
The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.
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Maturity date
The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.
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Alpha
The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.
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Hypothesis Testing
A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.
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NASDAQ
A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.
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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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Volatility
A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.
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Free Trade
The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.
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