Questor Capital

		YTD
NY DJIA	25,313	28.09%
NY NASDAQ	7,839	45.62%
London FTSE	7,667	7.34%
Tokyo Nikkei	21,942	14.79%
Shanghai SSE	2,755	-15.23
Frankfurt DAX	12,424	8.22%
Paris CAC 40	5,415	11.36%
Singapore SGX	3,244	12.66%
Malaysia KLSE	1,790	9.01%
Thailand SET	1,706	10.57%

	USD	EUR
GBP	0.78	0.89
JPY	110.14	125.34
EUR	0.88	-
USD	-	1.14
CNY	6.88	7.83
CAD	1.32	1.50
AUD	1.38	1.57
HKD	7.85	8.93

		YTD
Gold	$1,216.00	5.66%
Brent Crude	$72.64	32.17%
Silver	$15.27	-7.12%
Platinum	$817.36	-14.14%
Natural Gas	$2.92	-10.92%
Wheat	$568.25	39.96%

Updated On 13-08-2018

Glossary of Terms

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

BACS payment

BACS stands for Bankers Automated Clearing System which is a system for sending money electronically between banks. A BACS payment happens when money is sent electronically from one bank account to another.

Balance sheet

A balance sheet is a summary of an organisation's financial position. It lists the values, in the books of account on a particular date, of all the organisation's assets and liabilities. The assets and liabilities are grouped in categories, to paint a picture of the organisation's strengths and weaknesses.

Balloon payment

Some loan and finance agreements have lower repayments than normal in return for a high final payment. This is called a balloon payment.

Bankruptcy

If someone cannot pay their debts when they are due to be paid, a court may issue a bankruptcy order against them. This order takes ownership of the debtor's property away from the debtor and allows much of the property to be sold. The money raised is divided between the creditors following strict rules.

Barter

This is a way of paying for things, without using money, by exchanging goods.

Basic rate tax

Once you have used up all your tax allowances and all your lower-rate tax band, you pay basic-rate tax. The basic rate is 22% at the moment (2000).

Basic state pension

This is the retirement pension the Government pays to people who have paid enough national insurance contributions. Some people may receive a reduced basic state pension because they have not paid enough contributions.

Bear

A bear is someone who expects share prices to fall in the future and sells shares now so that they can buy them back later at a lower price.

Bearer

The bearer of a document is the person who has it in their possession.

Beneficial interest

If something really belongs to a person, even though they do not legally own it, they have a beneficial interest in it. If, for instance, parents hold an investment on behalf of their child, they are the legal owners but the child is the beneficial owner of the investment.

Feb 2018

Britain’s FTSE share index will not climb beyond its record high in the next two years, according to a Reuters poll, as concerns over the terms of the country’s divorce from the European Union and rising volatility keep investors on edge.

Feb 2018

Europe’s surprise boom will keep going. In last year’s poll of eurozone economists, most correctly forecast weak inflation and yet more money-printing by the European Central Bank (ECB).

Feb 2018

Vietnam: a land of opportunity for investors, A sea of change: economic growth has given the popular holiday destination a thriving capitalist culture.

Feb 2018

BP’s profits more than doubled in 2017 to $6.2 billion powered by higher prices and output of oil and gas, allowing the company to resume share buybacks as it recovers from a three-year downturn.

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Questor Capital Ltd. has offices in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand and is regulated in Malaysia by Labuan FSA (License Number BS200649).
Thailand group management office (License Number 1755201886).