What is the 'dirty price'? Definition & meaning

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index-linked gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.

Equity

The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.

Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

Wall Street

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

Income statement

A summary of a company's income and expenses over a set period of time.

DMO

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.

Value Investing

The art of buying shares which trade below their value, according to the analysis of the value investor.

Arithmetic Mean

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

Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

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