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Costs and Charges

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

The money you pay when investing.

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Net Asset Value (NAV)

The value of a company's assets relative to the number of shares it has.

Volatility

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

Maturity date

The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

Bull market

We explain what a 'bull market' means

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

Quantitative easing

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.

Beta

Learn what Beta stands for in finance.

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