Rate of Return

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

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

Bonds and stocks.

The face value of a gilt. It represents the amount that will be repaid to the holder at maturity and is also used to calculate the dividend or coupon payment.

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

What is a gilt?