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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Value Investing

The art of buying shares which trade below their value, according to the analysis of the value investor.
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Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.
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Capital

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Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.
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Account balance

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

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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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Retail Prices Index (RPI)

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.
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