What is 'Interest Rate'? | Freetrade Dictionary

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

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Limit order

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Yield to maturity

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index-linked gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.

Value Investing

The art of buying shares which trade below their value, according to the analysis of the value investor.

OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

Bed & ISA

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Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

Money weighted rate of return

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Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.

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