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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.

Earnings per share

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DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.

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).

Geometric Mean Return

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

Bond

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Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.

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