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Spot Rate

Spot Rate

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

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

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52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

Geometric Mean Return

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

Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

Maturity date

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.

Key Information Document (KID)

A document issued by an investment fund to help investors determine if it's the right fund for them.

Gilt

What is a gilt?

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