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Dirty price

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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Year to Date (YTD)

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

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

Over-The-Counter (OTC)

A security that is sold outside of an exchange.

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

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

UK Treasury bill

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

W-8BEN Form

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.

Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?

Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

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