What is 'maturity date'? Definition & meaning

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Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

Securities

Bonds and stocks.

Total Return

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

Balance sheet

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.

Diversification

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

Conventional gilts

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).

Bull market

We explain what a 'bull market' means

Net Asset Value (NAV)

The value of a company's assets relative to the number of shares it has.

Value Investing

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

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