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Investment Return

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

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.

S&P 500

Find out what is the definition of the S&P 500 index.

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Holding Period Return

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

UK Treasury bill

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

Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?

Dividends

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

Geometric Mean Return

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

Fundamentals