What is 'Technical Analysis'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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

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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.

Retail Prices Index (RPI)

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.

LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

Interest Rate

The amount a lender charges for lending your money, or a borrower pays you for borrowing your money.

Technical Analysis

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

Synthetic ETFs

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

Maturity date

The date on which a gilt is redeemed and the gilt holder receives the repayment of the nominal amount and final dividend or coupon payment.

Leverage

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

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.

Technical Analysis

More terms

Unit Trusts

Retail Prices Index (RPI)

LSE

Interest Rate

Technical Analysis

Synthetic ETFs

Maturity date

Leverage

Nominal amount

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