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Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

Venture Capital Trust (VCT)

A listed company run by a fund manager, investing mainly in private companies.e.

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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.

Running yield

The annual interest payment (dividend) divided by the current market price of a bond.

Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

Beta

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Nominal amount

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.

Technical Analysis

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

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