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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Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.
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Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.
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Holding Period Return

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

The art of buying shares which trade below their value, according to the analysis of the value investor.
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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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American Depository Receipts (ADRs)

Tradeable assets that let Americans invest in overseas stocks using US laws and dollars.
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Rate of Return

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

We explain what a 'bull market' means
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Earnings per share

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