What is 'Index-linked gilts'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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Quick ratio

Learn what quick ratio stands for in financial terms and how to calculate it.

DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.

Retail Prices Index (RPI)

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.

Profit and Loss Statement (P&L)

A statement that summarises firm's expenses, costs, and revenues incurred during a time period. AKA income statement.

Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.

Zero coupon bonds

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Volatility

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

Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR)

A return calculated over the time period invested, that excludes extraneous elements, such as deposits to and withdrawals from the investment accounted.

LSE

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

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