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Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Collective investment scheme

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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.

American Depository Receipts (ADRs)

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

Geometric Mean Return

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

Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

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