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Annualised Rate of Return

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

ESG investing

ESG is a hot topic right now for investors. Understand what ESG investing is all about and how you can use it to diversify your portfolio.

Value Investing

The art of buying shares which trade below their value, according to the analysis of the value investor.

Dirty price

The total price payable on the purchase of a gilt. It’s calculated as the clean price plus accrued interest.

Account balance

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.

Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

Quantitative easing

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