Holding Period Return

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An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

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

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.

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A security that is sold outside of an exchange.

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.