Gross Margin

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

The value of a company's assets relative to the number of shares it has.

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.

The total price payable on the purchase of a gilt. It’s calculated as the clean price plus accrued interest.

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.

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.