What is 'zero-sum game'? Definition & meaning

More terms

Depository

We look at what is a depository and what role they play in keeping markets work.

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

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

Quick ratio

Learn what quick ratio stands for in financial terms and how to calculate it.

Spot Rate

The currency exchange rate a bank quotes, valid with immediate effect.

Profit and Loss Statement (P&L)

A statement that summarises firm's expenses, costs, and revenues incurred during a time period. AKA income statement.

Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.

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).

Dirty price

The total price payable on the purchase of a gilt. It’s calculated as the clean price plus accrued interest.

Dividends

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

Freetrade does not provide investment advice and individual investors should make their own decisions or seek professional advice. The value of investments can go down as well as up and you may receive back less than your original investment. Freetrade is a trading name of Freetrade Limited, which is a member firm of the London Stock Exchange and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered in England and Wales (no. 09797821).

Zero-Sum Game