Inflation

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The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

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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 concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

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

Mutual funds are traded on a forward pricing basis, meaning the price you see will be different to the price you may trade at.