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I wish I knew what a share buyback was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos A share buyback means just what it says – a company buys back its own shares. But why? And how does that benefit shareholders?
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I wish I knew what an index was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos The FTSE 100 is probably the best-known stockmarket index in the UK. But what exactly is an index?
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I wish I knew what EBITDA was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos If you read the business pages for any length of time, you’re likely to come across a rather clunky acronym: Ebitda. What does it mean?
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I wish I knew what options were, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos Rather than buy shares in a company, traders who want to profit from short-term moves in the market often prefer to use financial tools such as options. But what is an option?
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I wish I knew what a zombie company was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos A low interest-rate environment enables companies to reduce their interest payments, but it can also create "zombie companies". But what is a zombie company?
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What is private equity?
Videos Private equity investors have a mixed reputation – they’re either hands-on “turnaround” experts or rapacious asset strippers. But what exactly is private equity?
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I wish I knew what a sovereign bond was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos Government spending is funded in two ways – taxation and borrowing. When a government borrows money, it issues an IOU called a sovereign bond.
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I wish I knew what passive investing was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos Passive investing is when you buy a fund that aims to track the performance of a particular index. Here's how it works.
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I wish I knew what a commodity supercycle was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos A commodity supercycle may sound complicated, but it is a simply a prolonged period of rising prices for raw materials. Here is what it is and how it works.
