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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Forward pricing

Mutual funds are traded on a forward pricing basis, meaning the price you see will be different to the price you may trade at.
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Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.
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Base rate

What's the base rate?
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Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.
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Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.
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Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.
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Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.
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Depository

We look at what is a depository and what role they play in keeping markets work.
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Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR)

A return calculated over the time period invested, that excludes extraneous elements, such as deposits to and withdrawals from the investment accounted.
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