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

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An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

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Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

Value Investing

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

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