OEIC

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

What's the base rate?

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

Bonds and stocks.

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

The art of buying shares which trade below their value, according to the analysis of the value investor.

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