Hedge Fund

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

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

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SPAC

Find our what a SPAc or special purpose acquisition company is.
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Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..
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Dirty price

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

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.
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ESG investing

ESG is a hot topic right now for investors. Understand what ESG investing is all about and how you can use it to diversify your portfolio.
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Volatility

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

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

We explain what a 'bull market' means
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Net Asset Value (NAV)

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