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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Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.
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Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?
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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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Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.
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Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt
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Technical Analysis

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

What is a zero coupon bond?
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Depository

We look at what is a depository and what role they play in keeping markets work.
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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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