What is the FSCS and how can it protect your cash?
What is the FSCS and how can it protect your cash?
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) covers bank, building societies and investment accounts, and will pay compensation if the holding in…
14 Mar 2023
How to invest in gold
How to invest in gold
Gold can be a good way to diversify your investments and help during difficult markets. We look at how to get started with the precious metal.
26 Jan 2023
What is an index fund?
What is an index fund?
We outline everything you need to know about index funds, from what they are and how to buy them, to the things to consider before you do so.
20 Dec 2022
CPI inflation vs RPI inflation: what’s the difference?
CPI inflation vs RPI inflation: what’s the difference?
We’ve been hearing a lot about CPI inflation recently, but what is this metric and why is it different to RPI inflation?
15 Dec 2022
What is an annuity?
What is an annuity?
Annuities are growing in popularity as rates increase. But what is an annuity, and how do you get one?
9 Dec 2022
Laffer Curve
Laffer Curve
The Laffer Curve states that the higher you set tax rates, the more you will receive in tax revenues until you hit a certain point. Thereafter, tax re…
29 Sep 2022
Marking to market
Marking to market
This is the process of updating a portfolio to reflect the latest available prices.
23 Jun 2022
Subscribe to MoneyWeek and get your first six issues FREE
Subscribe to MoneyWeek now and get your first six magazine issues absolutely FREE
Three things you should learn from Bill Ackman's brilliant Netflix trade
Three things you should learn from Bill Ackman's brilliant Netflix trade
Hedge fund guru Bill Ackman has lost $400m selling Netflix shares. John Stepek explains why this was a brilliant trade, and outlines three things that…
19 May 2022
What is a stock split?
What is a stock split?
A stock split increases the number of a corporation's issued shares by dividing each existing share.
4 Apr 2022
Yield curve
Yield curve
A yield curve shows the relationship between the yield on securities and their maturities (how long it is until they can be redeemed at their face val…
9 Mar 2022
Cyclically adjusted p/e ratio (Cape)
Cyclically adjusted p/e ratio (Cape)
A classic price/earnings ratio is the relationship between the current share price and one year's earnings, usually the last year, or a forecast for t…
6 Mar 2022
Index fund
Index fund
Index funds (also known as passive funds or "trackers") aim to track the performance of a particular index, such as the FTSE 100 or S&P 500.
18 Jan 2022
Ebitda
Ebitda
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) takes operating profit and adds back two subjective costs: depreciation and amor…
11 Jan 2022
Initial public offering (IPO)
Initial public offering (IPO)
An initial public offering (IPO) is the process of launching a firm on to the stock exchange for the first time by inviting the general public and fin…
13 Dec 2021
What is a rights issue?
What is a rights issue?
A rights issue gives investors who already hold shares in a company the right to buy additional shares in a fixed proportion to their existing holding…
9 Dec 2021
Short squeeze
Short squeeze
When a large number of short sellers target the same stock, the price can rise in a self-perpetuating circle known as a 'short squeeze'.
6 Dec 2021
Cost/income ratio
Cost/income ratio
The cost-to-income ratio is a key financial measure, particularly important in valuing banks...
6 Dec 2021
Smart beta
Smart beta
Smart beta funds aim to combine the best aspects of passive and active management, aiming to beat the index by eliminating any element of discretionar…
19 Nov 2021
Index provider
Index provider
Stockmarket indices such as the FTSE 100 play a huge role in investment. But where do they come from and who maintains them?
12 Nov 2021
Contango
Contango
The price of an asset for forward delivery is usually above the price you would pay today...
22 Oct 2021
Inflation
Inflation
Inflation is the rise in the general level of prices in an economy (or a sector of an economy) over a given period of time. It is also sometimes defin…
29 Sep 2021
Revenue reserve
Revenue reserve
Investment trusts can hold back up to 15% of their dividends to build up a revenue reserve, which they can then draw on to maintain their own dividend…
29 Sep 2021