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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LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.
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Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.
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Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.
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After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.
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Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.
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Inflation

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

Bonds and stocks.
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Bond

Learn what a bond is
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52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.
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