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Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

UK Treasury bill

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

Rate of Return

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

Bull market

We explain what a 'bull market' means

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Running yield

The annual interest payment (dividend) divided by the current market price of a bond.

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