Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

The increase in the prices of goods and services over time, and the process by which money loses its value.

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.

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.

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

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How banks work out what investors will pay for shares before an IPO, one order at a time.

A security that is sold outside of an exchange.

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.