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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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Geometric Mean Return

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

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

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

Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

Value stocks

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.

Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.

Value Investing

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

S&P 500

Find out what is the definition of the S&P 500 index.

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

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