What is 'Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)'?

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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.

Value Investing

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

Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.

Balance sheet

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.

Ponzi Scheme

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

Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.

Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

Equity ETF

An exchange-traded fund that is comprised of a set of stocks.

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)