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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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Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

52-week high/low

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

Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

Dirty price

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

Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.

Value stocks

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

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.

Rate of Return

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

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