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Nominal amount

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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Earnings per share

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

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

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

Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.

Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

Interest Rate

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

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

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