Trading Basics
Call
An option that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to buy a security at a certain price.
Other Trading Basics
Assets
Anything that is owned that is expected to generate a return to the owned.
Opposite to a liability.
AIM
Alternative Investment Market. A small cap stock market in the UK.
Lighter listing rules reduce the costs for the companies listing and seeking external equity finance.
A good starting point for growth companies not quite ready for the main LSE.
CFD
Contract for difference.
An OTC financial derivative where the counterparties agree to exchange the change in a price.
No underlying assets are exchanged.
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