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Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

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.

Technical Analysis

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

OEIC

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.

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.

Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Zero coupon bonds

What is a zero coupon bond?

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