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Plain-English definitions.

Investing has its own vocabulary. We define the terms that trip people up so you can read anything else without a dictionary.

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Two paths through the glossary

01

The basics

The terms every investor stumbles over at the start.

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Index explainers

The headline indices, in plain English.

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