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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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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.

Venture Capital

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

Volatility

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

NYSE

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

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

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

Inflation

The increase in the prices of goods and services over time, and the process by which money loses its value.

Value Investing

The art of buying shares which trade below their value, according to the analysis of the value investor.

Xetra

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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