A method of valuing shares based on the expected flow of future dividends the shares will earn.

Companies traded on the stock market where the share price is directly linked to the value of the underlying investments they hold.

A regulator of the financial services industry in the UK. The FCA regulates financial firms and financial markets.

The UK regulatory body that adjudicates in disputes between financial firms and their customers.

The estimation of the value of shares of a company based on intrinsic analysis, i.e. on all the relevant information about the company, its financial performance and the markets it conducts its business in.

Collective investment schemes (also known as investment funds) where the assets (typically shares) are owned collectively by a number of investors.

The prevailing annualised percentage return from investing in a bond and retaining it until its maturity date.

An investment fund that selects companies which are expected to grow quickly (in terms of sales etc.) and which are expected to see a related growth in their share prices.

An intermediary in the financial markets whose business is to quote the buying and selling prices of financial assets (like shares and bonds) and transact business in these assets with investors.

The only supplier of goods or services in a particular market.