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.

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Limit order

Learn what a limit order is and how to use it to make the most of your portfolio.
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Total Return

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

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated
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Securities

Bonds and stocks.
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Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.
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Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.
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Zero-Sum Game

A situation in which one person's gain is another's loss.
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Gilt

What is a gilt?
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Custodian bank

Learn what a custodian bank is.
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