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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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Yield to maturity (YTM)

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?
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Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.
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After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.
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OEIC

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

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

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.
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Account balance

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.
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Forward pricing

Mutual funds are traded on a forward pricing basis, meaning the price you see will be different to the price you may trade at.
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Dirty price

The total price payable on the purchase of a gilt. It’s calculated as the clean price plus accrued interest.
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