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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Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.
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Zero coupon bonds

What is a zero coupon bond?
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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..
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Gilt

What is a gilt?
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Investment Trust

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

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.
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Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.
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Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.
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Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.
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