Year to Date (YTD)

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

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

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

The official document a company publishes before selling shares to the public. Long, detailed, and worth a read.

Tradeable assets that let Americans invest in overseas stocks using US laws and dollars.

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

The money you pay when investing.

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

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