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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.

Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

Venture Capital

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

Capital

Learn what financial capital means

Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.

Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

American Depository Receipts (ADRs)

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

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