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Coupon

Coupon

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

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Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

Retail Prices Index (RPI)

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.

Yield

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

Quantitative easing

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

Compound interest

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Depository

We look at what is a depository and what role they play in keeping markets work.

Gilt

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Beta

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Capital

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