What is 'yield'? Definition & meaning

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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.

Net asset value

Mutual funds and investment trusts are priced on their net asset value (NAV).

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The value of a company's assets relative to the number of shares it has.

Growth stocks

These are stocks in companies that are considered to be “growing”. These companies may be delivering new products and services, or entering new markets.

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

Coupon

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.

W-8BEN Form

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

NYSE

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.

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