Trading Basics
CPI
Consumer price index, a measure of inflation excluding housing costs.
Other Trading Basics
Cyclical Shares
Equities that follow the economic cycle. For example banking shares typically rise and fall with a cycle.
Annuity
A guaranteed income for the rest of someones life.
Historically purchased with pension lump sums.
The buyer is swaping cash now for future income.
ABS
Asset-backed securities.
These are securities backed by assets, like mortgages, which are claimable if the creditor defaults.
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