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

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

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.

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).

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

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

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