Gross Margin

Learn what a margin call stands for in financial terms.

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

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

An exchange-traded fund that is comprised of a set of stocks.

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.

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

A startup valued at over £1 billion. They are rare, hence the name.

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.