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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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Base rate

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Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time
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Net asset value

Mutual funds and investment trusts are priced on their net asset value (NAV).
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Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.
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Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.
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Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.
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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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Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.
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S&P 500

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