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UK Treasury bill

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

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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.

Oligopoly

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

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).

Income statement

A summary of a company's income and expenses over a set period of time.

Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

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