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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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Stock Exchange

A physical/digital place where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.
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Gilt

What is a gilt?
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Unicorn

A startup valued at over £1 billion. They are rare, hence the name.
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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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Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time
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Leverage

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

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.
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