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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The face value of a gilt. It represents the amount that will be repaid to the holder at maturity and is also used to calculate the dividend or coupon payment.

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An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

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

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.

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