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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Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.
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Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works
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Yield to maturity (YTM)

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?
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Equity

The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.
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Dirty price

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

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

ESG is a hot topic right now for investors. Understand what ESG investing is all about and how you can use it to diversify your portfolio.
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Unicorn

A startup valued at over £1 billion. They are rare, hence the name.
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index-linked gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.
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