Stock Market

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

An investment trust specialised in investing in commercial property such as parking garages or GP offices.

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.

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

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

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.

The increase in the prices of goods and services over time, and the process by which money loses its value.

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.