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Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

Interest Rate

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

Coupon

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Capital

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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..

Profit and Loss Statement (P&L)

A statement that summarises firm's expenses, costs, and revenues incurred during a time period. AKA income statement.

Leverage

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

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