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Rate of Return

Rate of Return

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.

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Spot Rate

The currency exchange rate a bank quotes, valid with immediate effect.

Geometric Mean Return

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

Leverage

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

Dividends

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

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

Holding Period Return

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

Bull market

We explain what a 'bull market' means

LSE

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

Zero coupon bonds

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