What is 'Equity'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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

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Maturity date

The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

Account balance

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.

Accrued interest

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

Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

Earnings per share

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it

Total Return

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

Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.

Nominal amount

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.

Equity