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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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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Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.
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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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Net asset value

Mutual funds and investment trusts are priced on their net asset value (NAV).
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Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.
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Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt
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Key Information Document (KID)

A document issued by an investment fund to help investors determine if it's the right fund for them.
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After-hours trading

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

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.
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