Trading Basics

Corporate Action

An event that requires approval or notification of the shareholders of a business. Paying dividend or a rights issue are corporate actions.

The exchange of two currencies.

You need at least two parties in a financial transaction, they are counterparties.

The Bank of England’s interest rate decision is announced following the meeting of its monetary policy committee, which meets eight times a year.

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