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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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W-8BEN Form

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Retail Prices Index (RPI)

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.
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Net Asset Value (NAV)

The value of a company's assets relative to the number of shares it has.
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Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.
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Money weighted rate of return

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Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.
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Dividends

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The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.
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