Retail Prices Index (RPI)

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

An exchange-traded fund that is comprised of a set of stocks.

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

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.

The increase in the prices of goods and services over time, and the process by which money loses its value.

What is a gilt?

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it

How banks work out what investors will pay for shares before an IPO, one order at a time.

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