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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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Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.
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Bull market

We explain what a 'bull market' means
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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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Base rate

What's the base rate?
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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.
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Free Trade

The other free trade. International trade in which countries allow goods to flow across their borders without imposing import or export taxes.
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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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Synthetic ETFs

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

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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