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Yield

The income an investment returns, expressed as a percentage of its price. Bond yields move inversely to bond…

DeFi

Decentralised finance: lending, trading and derivatives run by smart contracts rather than by a bank or broker. Users…

Cloud computing

Renting computing power and storage from a provider rather than running your own servers. It converts a capital…

Portfolio

The full collection of what an investor holds. Judging any single holding without reference to the portfolio around…

Judicial review

A court examining whether a government decision was lawful. It tests the legality of how a decision was…

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