London Stock Exchange
British securities market
The London Stock Exchange is Britain's primary marketplace for buying and selling shares in public companies, headquartered in the City of London.
Often abbreviated LSE, it ranks among the world's oldest and largest stock exchanges.
The company's shares trade on the London Stock Exchange.
Units of company ownership
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- bondsTies that unite
- giltsBritish treasury bonds
- ETFsExchange-listed investment baskets
derivatives · options · futures · warrants · REITs · fixed-income · ADRs
First public stock offering
- flotationAbility to stay afloat
- prospectusFormal investment disclosure document
- underwriterOne who assumes financial risk
- AIMDiscontinued messaging platform
delisting · admission · sponsor · disclosure · roadshow
Transaction-facilitating service
- liquidityConvertibility to cash
- clearingTreeless space in forest
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- volumeAmount of space filled
bid · ask · spread · short-selling
Systematic organization for retrieval
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- constituentsParts of a whole
- blue-chipFinancially stable and reputable
- rebalancingRestoring proper proportions
shares
Units of company ownership
ETFs · derivatives · options · futures · warrants · REITs · fixed-income · ADRs
IPO
First public stock offering
- flotationAbility to stay afloat
- prospectusFormal investment disclosure document
- underwriterOne who assumes financial risk
AIM · delisting · admission · sponsor · disclosure · roadshow
brokerage
Transaction-facilitating service
- liquidityConvertibility to cash
- clearingTreeless space in forest
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
volume · bid · ask · spread · short-selling
indexing
Systematic organization for retrieval
- benchmarkingMeasuring against top performers
- constituentsParts of a whole
- blue-chipFinancially stable and reputable
sterling
Pure silver alloy
- gilt-edgedOf superior quality
- poundWeight, strike, or kennel
- UK economyBank of England, pound sterling, GDP, sterling, British pound
- UK FinanceBank of England, pound sterling, pound, gilts, FTSE
- British BrandsMarks & Spencer, Harrods, Selfridges, Tesco, Sainsbury
- City of LondonGuildhall, Lord Mayor, livery companies, aldermen, alderman
- European FinanceBank of England, European Central Bank, euro, eurozone, pound sterling
- Stock ExchangesNYSE, NASDAQ, SSE, BMV, bourse
London Stock ExchangeNew York Stock Exchange
Major American securities marketplace
Wall Street · NYSE · NASDAQ · Tokyo Stock Exchange · Frankfurt Stock Exchange
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