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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).

Profit and Loss Statement (P&L)

A statement that summarises firm's expenses, costs, and revenues incurred during a time period. AKA income statement.

Leverage

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

Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

Equity ETF

An exchange-traded fund that is comprised of a set of stocks.

S&P 500

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Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

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