Gross Margin

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

A form of debt investment that carries higher risk because of the likelihood that the issuer will default.

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

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

A legal requirement for financial firms to understand exactly who their customers are. Used to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.

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.