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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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Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

Rate of Return

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

Dirty price

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

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Geometric Mean Return

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

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Volatility

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

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.

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