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Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis

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

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

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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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Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

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

What's the base rate?
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Account balance

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.
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United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.
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52-week high/low

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

Learn what Beta stands for in finance.
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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.
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Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.
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