What is 'inflation'? Definition & meaning

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Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

Volatility

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

Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

Accrued interest

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

Maturity value

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Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.

Base rate

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Synthetic ETFs

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

SPAC

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