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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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Running yield

The annual interest payment (dividend) divided by the current market price of a bond.

Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

W-8BEN Form

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

Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

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

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

Bull market

We explain what a 'bull market' means

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