Knowledge Builder

AIM is a market operated by the London Stock Exchange featuring smaller companies. We explain it's key features here.

Investing for growth is an investment strategy where investors seek to grow their money over the long-term. We explain how it works here.

We explain what it means to be a defensive stock and what it means to be a cyclical stock.

We explain the key factors you should think about when deciding what shares to buy as a stock market investor.

We explain all the basic things you need to know about dividends. From what they are to how to earn them.

This guide explains how short selling works with a worked example & why it's all over the news right now.

We explain what the term director dealing is, the impact that they can have on a company's share price and their importance to investors.

The value investing strategy has been around for decades. We explore what it means, what value stocks are and where this all comes from.

If the company is a Public Limited Company (plc) listed on the stock market then it’s share prices can go up or down. Find out why.

Confused about the different FTSE indexes? You're in the right place.