Interest Rate

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

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

Find our what a SPAc or special purpose acquisition company is.

The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.

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

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

Learn what financial capital means

Listing a company on a stock exchange, or the shares that are genuinely up for grabs once it’s there.

These are stocks in companies that are considered to be “growing”. These companies may be delivering new products and services, or entering new markets.