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Interest Rate

Interest Rate

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

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

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Year to Date (YTD)

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

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

Collective investment scheme

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Stock Exchange

A physical/digital place where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.

Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.

Base rate

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After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Zero-Sum Game

A situation in which one person's gain is another's loss.

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