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Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

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DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.
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United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.
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Running yield

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

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

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.
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LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.
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Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.
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Limit order

Learn what a limit order is and how to use it to make the most of your portfolio.
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After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.
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