Trading Basics
Buyback
When companies purchase their own shares.
This reduces the amount of shares issued.
Other Trading Basics
Bid-Ask Spread
The difference between the price the trader and buy at and the price they can sell at.
Also bid-offer spread. The wider the spread, the more the trader pays, reactively.
BoE Rate Decision
The Bank of England’s interest rate decision is announced following the meeting of its monetary policy committee, which meets eight times a year.
Assets
Anything that is owned that is expected to generate a return to the owned.
Opposite to a liability.
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