Investment Return

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

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

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Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR)

A return calculated over the time period invested, that excludes extraneous elements, such as deposits to and withdrawals from the investment accounted.
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Equity ETF

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

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.
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Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest
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Zero-Sum Game

A situation in which one person's gain is another's loss.
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Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.
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LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.
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Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt
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Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.
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