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.

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Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..
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UK Treasury bill

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

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.
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Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.
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Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.
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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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Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.
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Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.
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Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.
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