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The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.

The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

Tradeable assets that let Americans invest in overseas stocks using US laws and dollars.

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.

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).

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The money you pay when investing.

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

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.