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Leverage

Leverage

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

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

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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.

Gilt

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Margin call

Learn what a margin call stands for in financial terms.

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

Unit Trusts

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.

Bond

Learn what a bond is

Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

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