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Conventional gilts

Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

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Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

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Inflation

The increase in the prices of goods and services over time, and the process by which money loses its value.

Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.

American Depository Receipt (ADRs)

Tradeable assets that let Americans invest in overseas stocks using US laws and dollars.

Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

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