Investment Trust

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.

What's the base rate?

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

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

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

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