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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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Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

An investment trust specialised in investing in commercial property such as parking garages or GP offices.

Geometric Mean Return

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

Venture Capital

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

OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

52-week high/low

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

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

Zero coupon bonds

What is a zero coupon bond?

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