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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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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).

Capital

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Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR)

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

Interest Rate

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

Geometric Mean Return

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

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Volatility

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

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