What is 'Year to Date (YTD)'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

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After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Ponzi Scheme

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

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

Xetra

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Venture Capital

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

52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

Custodian bank

Learn what a custodian bank is.

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

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

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