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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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Bond

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Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.

Compound interest

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Margin call

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Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.

Venture Capital

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

Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

Maturity value

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