What is 'Key Information Document (KID)'?

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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

Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

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

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Technical Analysis

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

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Maturity date

The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

Earnings per share

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

Account balance

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

Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?

Key Information Document (KID)