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  2. Aalberts - Wikipedia

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    14,402 (end 2021)[1] Website. www.aalberts.com. Aalberts N.V. is a Dutch company and was founded under its former name Aalberts Industries by Jan Aalberts in 1975 and became public in 1987. The company was part of AEX from 2015 to 2020 and is currently listed in the AMX. Biggest shareholders are family Aalberts, FMR, Capital Group, Invesco ...

  3. Index fund - Wikipedia

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    An index fund (also index tracker) is a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to follow certain preset rules so that it can replicate the performance ("track") of a specified basket of underlying investments. [1] While index providers often emphasize that they are for-profit organizations, index providers have the ability to act as ...

  4. Leverage (finance) - Wikipedia

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    Leverage (finance) In finance, leverage, also known as gearing, is any technique involving borrowing funds to buy an investment. Financial leverage is named after a lever in physics, which amplifies a small input force into a greater output force, because successful leverage amplifies the smaller amounts of money needed for borrowing into large ...

  5. ASML Holding - Wikipedia

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    ASML Holding N.V. (commonly shortened to ASML, originally standing for Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography) is a Dutch multinational corporation founded in 1984. ASML specializes in the development and manufacturing of photolithography machines which are used to produce computer chips. As of 2023 it is the largest supplier for the ...

  6. Real estate investment trust - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Real estate investment trust. A real estate investment trust (REIT, pronounced "reet" [ 1 ]) is a company that owns, and in most cases operates, income-producing real estate. REITs own many types of commercial real estate, including office and apartment buildings, studios, warehouses, hospitals, shopping centers, hotels and commercial ...

  7. Sovereign wealth fund - Wikipedia

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    A sovereign wealth fund (SWF), or sovereign investment fund is a state-owned investment fund that invests in real and financial assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate, precious metals, or in alternative investments such as private equity funds or hedge funds. Sovereign wealth funds invest globally. Most SWFs are funded by revenues from ...

  8. Stock market - Wikipedia

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    Stock exchange. Interior hall of the Helsinki Stock Exchange in Helsinki, Finland, 1965. A stock exchange is an exchange (or bourse) where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell shares (equity stock), bonds, and other securities. Many large companies have their stocks listed on a stock exchange. This makes the stock more liquid and thus more ...

  9. Perceptive Advisors - Wikipedia

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    US$9.7 billion (March 2024) Number of employees. 46 (March 2024) Website. www.perceptivelife.com. Footnotes / references. [1] Perceptive Advisors ("Perceptive") is an American investment firm headquartered in New York City. It is focused on making public and private investments in the healthcare and biotechnology industries.