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Retail Prices Index (RPI)

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.

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W-8BEN Form

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.

United States Dollar (USD)

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

Limit order

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Year to Date (YTD)

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

Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

Gilt

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Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Fixed Income

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

Unit Trusts

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

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