Financial Jargon Buster Dictionary

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ABI
Accumulation Date
Accumulation Units
ACD
Active Management
Active Market
Active Position
Actuary
Aggressive portfolio
Allocation Rate
Alpha
Alternative Investment Market (AIM)
AMC
American Option
Annual Compound Return
Annual Exemption (for Capital Gains Tax)
Annualising
Annual Management Charge (AMC)
Annuity
Annuity Rate
Arbitrage
Asset Allocation
Asset Classes
Assets
Assignment
At a Premium
Attribution Analysis
Authorised Corporate Director
AVC

Balanced Fund
Balanced Manager
BARRA
Base Rate
Basic Rate Tax
Basic State Pension
Basis Point
Bear
Bearer Bond
Bear Market
Benchmark
Beneficiary
Best Advice
Beta
Bid Offer Spread
Bid to Bid
Block
Blue Chip
Bond
Bond Fund Volatility Ratings
Bond Ratings
Bonus Shares
Books Closing Date
Book Value
Bottom Up Analysis
Broker
Brokerage
Bull
Bull Market
Bundled
Buoyant market
Business Cycle
Buying (Offer) Price

Call Option
Cancellation Period
Cap
Capital
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Capital Charge
Capital Gains Tax
Capital Growth/Gain
Capital Guaranteed
Capitalisation
Capital Markets
Capital Protected
Capital Redemption Bond
Collective Redemption Bond
CAPM
Carry Back
Cash
Cash Equivalents
Cash-in Value
CAT Standards
Certificate of Deposit
Certificates
Chartist
Chinese Wall
Churning
Citywire Ratings
Closed End Fund
Closed funds
Closing Price
Collar
Collective Investments
Commodity
Commission
Compliance
Compound Interest
Compulsory Purchase Annuity
Contract
Contract Note
Contracted Out/In
Contracting Out of State Second Pension
Contribution
Contributory Pension
Controlling Director
Commingled Fund
Core Funds
Core Portfolio
Corporate bonds
Corporate Governance
Corporation Tax
Correction
Coupon
Cover Note
Credit Risk
Credit Scoring
Critical Illness Insurance
Cum Dividend
Cumulative performance
Currency
Currency Option
Currency Overlay
Currency Risk
Custodian
Custodial Charges
Custody
Cyclical Stocks

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