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What is a hedge fund?
Videos Hedge funds are often portrayed as shadowy institutions pulling the strings of the financial markets. But in reality, they are just like any other investment fund.
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Too embarrassed to ask: what is the CAPE ratio?
Videos Investors often use the price/earnings ratio to judge a stocks value. But that can be a flawed metric. Which is where the cyclically-adjusted price/earnings ratio – or Cape, for short – comes in.
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Too embarrassed to ask: what is short selling?
Videos Short sellers are often accused of unfairly driving share prices down to make a quick buck. But short selling is a perfectly legitimate – if risky – tactic. Here’s what short selling involves.
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Too embarrassed to ask: what is book value?
Videos A popular way to value a company is to use the price/book ratio, which compares a company’s share price with its book value. But what is book value?
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I wish I knew what an emerging market was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos This week's “too embarrassed to ask” explains what emerging markets are, and why you might want to invest in them.
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I wish I knew what negative interest rates were, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Videos There’s been a lot of talk from the Bank of England recently about introducing “negative interest rates”. So what on earth are they, and what would they mean for your money?
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What is liquidity?
Videos Liquidity is a concept that has made a lot of financial headlines in recent years. But what is liquidity, and why is it so important?
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What Julius Caesar teaches you about behavioural finance
Tutorials Matthew Partridge explores what lessons investors can learn from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
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What Guys and Dolls can teach us about investment
Tutorials Matthew Partridge explains how the musical Guys and Dolls illustrates how there are no “sure things” in investing.
