What is 'Hedge Fund'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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

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Value stocks

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

Yield

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

Dirty price

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

Synthetic ETFs

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

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

Compound interest

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Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

Equity ETF

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

Hedge Fund