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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Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.
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Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

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

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.
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Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.
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Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.
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Money laundering

A method of moving money obtained illicitly through the financial system so it can be used legally.
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Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
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Know Your Customer (KYC)

A legal requirement for financial firms to understand exactly who their customers are. Used to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.
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LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.
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