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Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.

Fixed Income

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.

Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Retail Prices Index (RPI)

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.

Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

Geometric Mean Return

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

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