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What is dollar-cost averaging?
How investing a fixed amount on a fixed schedule works, why the same money buys more units when prices fall, and what the method does not claim to deliver.
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- Bank of England newsResults of the Semi-Annual FX Turnover Surveys in April 202611 Aug · bankofengland.co.uk
- ECB pressECB and Frankfurt Radio Symphony invite the public to Europa Open Air concert on 20 August 202611 Aug · ecb.europa.eu
- SEC press releasesSEC Charges Private Fund Adviser Adit Ventures Management, Its CEO and Affiliated General Partners in Alleged Fraud10 Aug · sec.gov
- FCA newsFCA boosts support for innovative firms as they scale and grow10 Aug · fca.org.uk
Markets & News
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CFTC press releases
Chairman Selig Announces Inaugural CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee Meeting on August 20 in Washington
10 Aug · cftc.gov
FCA news
FCA applying increased scrutiny to Annex 1 firms
We are concerned about a number of risks among unregulated lenders, safe custody providers, money brokers and financial leasing companies (Annex 1 firms). Firms including unregulated lenders, safe custody providers, money brokers and financial leasing companies, need to be registered with us for anti-money laundering purposes.If you’re carrying out these activities without being registered, you…
7 Aug · fca.org.uk
ECB press
ECB publishes consolidated banking data for end-March 2026
7 Aug · ecb.europa.eu
Bank of England news
Green notice 2026/02
Green notices cover significant and/or significant proposals for Bank of England reporting. If any of these proposals are finalised and are to be implemented, they will appear in a statistical notice.
6 Aug · bankofengland.co.uk
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Trading
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What is leverage in trading?
Leverage explained mechanically: what borrowing to trade does to gains, losses and margin — with the arithmetic shown.
Broker fee structures explained
Spreads, commissions, swaps, inactivity fees — how each works mechanically and where costs hide. No comparisons of named brokers.
Copy trading: what's actually regulated
How copy/social trading works mechanically, which parts of the chain a licence typically covers, and why the trader you copy is usually not regulated at al
Broker Watch
Broker indexOur research desk checks the licences brokers claim against the regulators’ own registers, daily. Every figure links to the register entry it came from.
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New on the FCA warning list
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- capitalrisefinancelimited.com (Clone of FCA authorised firm) (new)
- cairnloan.com (Clone of FCA authorised firms) (new)
- GRAND CORE INVEST (new)
- TRUSTS ASSET MANAGEMENT (new)
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Guides
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What is diversification?
How spreading money across holdings limits what one failure can cost, why it cannot stop a whole market falling, and where funds fit in.
What is an emergency fund?
How a cash buffer absorbs income shocks, why it is conventionally sized in months of essential expenses, and what keeping it accessible costs in return.
What is a stock?
A share is a fraction of ownership in a company. How shares are issued and traded, what the quoted price means, and what owning one entitles you to.
What is a REIT?
How a real estate investment trust works: rent flows from tenants through the trust to shareholders, and what the share wrapper does and does not change.
Tools
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Key Terms
All terms- Central bankThe institution that issues a currency, sets its policy interest rate and serves as the bank that other banks bank with.
- CouponThe fixed interest a bond pays on a set schedule, established when the bond is issued and named for the paper slips once exchanged for payment.
- Dividend yieldA company's yearly dividend per share divided by its current share price, usually expressed as a percentage.
- Earnings per shareA company's profit divided by the number of shares in issue, giving the slice of profit attributable to each share.
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