Interest Rate

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.

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

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

The currency exchange rate a bank quotes, valid with immediate effect.

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