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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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Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

UK Treasury bill

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

Volatility

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

Account balance

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

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