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Stock Exchange

Stock Exchange

A physical/digital place where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.

A physical/digital place where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.

More terms

Yield

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

Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Custodian bank

Learn what a custodian bank is.

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.

Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

Value stocks

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.

Dirty price

The total price payable on the purchase of a gilt. It’s calculated as the clean price plus accrued interest.

Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.

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