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Unicorn

A startup valued at over £1 billion. They are rare, hence the name.

52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

Arithmetic Mean

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

Conventional gilts

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).

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Maturity date

The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

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