Maturity date

The period after an IPO when insiders have to sit on their hands and can’t sell their shares.

A return calculated over the time period invested, that excludes extraneous elements, such as deposits to and withdrawals from the investment accounted.

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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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).

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

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

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

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