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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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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.

Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

Key Information Document (KID)

A document issued by an investment fund to help investors determine if it's the right fund for them.

52-week high/low

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

Volatility

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

Capital

Learn what financial capital means

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

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