Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

Learn what a limit order is and how to use it to make the most of your portfolio.

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

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

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

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

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

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

The period after an IPO when insiders have to sit on their hands and can’t sell their shares.

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.