What is 'inflation'? Definition & meaning

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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..

LSE

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

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.

NYSE

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.

Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

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

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.

Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

Unit Trusts

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

Fixed Income

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

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