Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.

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

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.

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

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

The period after an IPO when insiders have to sit on their hands and can’t sell their shares.

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

Bonds and stocks.

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.