Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

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Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.
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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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Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.
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Key Information Document (KID)

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

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it
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Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.
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Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
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Yield to maturity

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?
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Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest
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