Maturity date

An exchange-traded fund that is comprised of a set of stocks.

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

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

The money you pay when investing.

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

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.

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt