Maturity date

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

The official document a company publishes before selling shares to the public. Long, detailed, and worth a read.

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

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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.

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

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.