Spot Rate

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The face value of a gilt. It represents the amount that will be repaid to the holder at maturity and is also used to calculate the dividend or coupon payment.

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

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

Going public without the traditional IPO. Existing shares, straight onto the exchange, no new money raised.

A security that is sold outside of an exchange.

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.

The value of a company's assets relative to the number of shares it has.

These are stocks in companies that are considered to be “growing”. These companies may be delivering new products and services, or entering new markets.