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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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Dirty price

The total price payable on the purchase of a gilt. It’s calculated as the clean price plus accrued interest.
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Yield to maturity (YTM)

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?
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Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
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Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.
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Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.
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Investment Return

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

The amount of money a company would be left with by subtracting its liabilities from the value of its assets.
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Coupon

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.
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Geometric Mean Return

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