What is an 'OEIC'? Definition & meaning

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Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

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

Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

Earnings per share

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

Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

Oligopoly

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.

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