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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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Limit order

Learn what a limit order is and how to use it to make the most of your portfolio.

Fixed Income

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

Base rate

What's the base rate?

Stock Exchange

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

Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

Collective investment scheme

Learn what's a collective investment scheme

OEIC

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

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