Nominal amount

The face value of a gilt. It represents the amount that will be repaid to the holder at maturity and is also used to calculate the dividend or coupon payment.

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Gross Margin

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.
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Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?
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Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time
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Yield to maturity (YTM)

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?
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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.
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52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.
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Dirty price

The total price payable on the purchase of a gilt. It’s calculated as the clean price plus accrued interest.
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LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.
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Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works
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