What is the 'dirty price'? Definition & meaning

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Growth stocks

These are stocks in companies that are considered to be “growing”. These companies may be delivering new products and services, or entering new markets.

Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

Fundamentals

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

index-linked gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.

Venture Capital

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

Earnings per share

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

Inflation

The increase in the prices of goods and services over time, and the process by which money loses its value.

Dirty price