ISA

ISA is an abbreviation for individual savings account

Mineralisation

The presence in the earth’s crust of a mineral

Amortisation is a term describing either, in accounting speak, the action of writing off an intangible asset over time or, in the debt world, repaying part of the principal of the loan on a regular basis (a bit like a repayment mortgage).

Junior ISA

A junior ISA is a version of an individual savings account aimed at people in the UK under the age of 18. It has the same characteristics as an ISA but has lower contribution limits and the assets can be switched back and forth between cash and stocks and shares. The Junior ISA allowance for 2018/19 […]

Market capitalisation

The value of all the shares in issue of a company, calculated by multiplying the share price by the number of shares in issue.

Large cap

In the US, large cap tends to mean companies with a market capitalisation in excess of $10bn. However, in the UK we tend to think about large cap stocks being those in the FTSE 100 Index. The market cap threshold to qualify for that varies over time but it is roughly £4bn. For QuotedData’s purposes […]

OPEC+

OPEC+ or OPEC plus is a group of oil-producing countries. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq, with the signing of an agreement in September 1960 by five countries namely Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. They were to become the Founder Members of the […]

IMI

IMI in an acronym for investable markets index. The MSCI Investable Market Indexes cover all investable large-, mid- and small-cap securities across the developed, emerging and frontier markets, targeting the inclusion of approximately 99% of each market’s free-float adjusted market capitalisation. These indexes are based on the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes (GIMI) Methodology, which aim […]

TCFD

TCFD is an acronym for the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. The Financial Stability Board established the TCFD to develop recommendations for more effective climate-related disclosures that could promote more informed investment, credit, and insurance underwriting decisions and, in turn, enable stakeholders to understand better the concentrations of carbon-related assets in the financial sector and the […]

Fiduciary

A fiduciary is a person or an organisation that acts on the behalf of another party (this could be a person or persons or another organisation). However, a fiduciary is required to put their clients’ interest before their own. A fiduciary has a duty to preserve good faith and trust.

Rett syndrome

Rett syndrome is a rare neurological disorder affecting mainly females and very few males. It is present from conception and usually remains undetected until major regression occurs at around one year of age, when children may lose acquired skills and become withdrawn. Genetic but largely not inherited, Rett syndrome is usually caused by a fault […]

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