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Yield

Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

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Custodian bank

Learn what a custodian bank is.

Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Xetra

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.

Quantitative easing

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.

W-8BEN Form

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

Zero coupon bonds

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