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I wish I knew what a SPAC was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos A financial instrument called a “special purpose acquisition company”, or SPAC for short, is growing increasingly popular in the US stockmarkets. But what exactly is a SPAC?
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What is an IPO?
Videos When a private company decides to sell shares in itself on the stockmarket for the first time, it conducts an “IPO”. Here's what that means.
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What is inflation?
Videos While coming up with a precise definition for inflation is tricky, for most of us it boils down to one simple question.
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Too embarrassed to ask: what are “bulls” and “bears”?
Videos Two common terms you’ll hear when reading about markets are “bulls” and “bears”. But what do they mean?
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Too embarrassed to ask: what is value investing?
Videos When you start investing, one of the first concepts you’re likely to encounter is “value investing”. But what exactly is it?
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I wish I knew what a bubble was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos Even if you don’t pay a lot of attention to markets or investing, you’ve probably heard the term “bubble”. But what exactly is it?
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I wish I knew what bitcoin was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos This week, we explain just what bitcoin is – and why the cryptocurrency is so revolutionary.
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I wish I knew what a share was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos When people talk about investing, they often refer to putting money into “shares”, or buying “stocks and shares”. But what is a share anyway?
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What is momentum investing?
Videos Momentum investing – the opposite of the “buy low, sell high” advice – is based on the observation that trends in the stockmarket can continue for longer than most investors expect.
