Profit and Loss Statement (P&L)

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

A return calculated over the time period invested, that excludes extraneous elements, such as deposits to and withdrawals from the investment accounted.

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

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

Learn what a margin call stands for in financial terms.

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.

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

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