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

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

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

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

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

A return calculated over the time period invested, that excludes extraneous elements, such as deposits to and withdrawals from the investment accounted.

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