DMO

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

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

An investment trust specialised in investing in commercial property such as parking garages or GP offices.

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

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

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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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