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Maturity date

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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52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.
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Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.
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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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Leverage

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

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.
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Gilt

What is a gilt?
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United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.
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Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.
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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.
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