Retail Prices Index (RPI)

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The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

Bonds and stocks.

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

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

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The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.

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