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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Leverage

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

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

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
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Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.
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Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.
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Quantitative easing

Find out what quantitative easing is and how central banks use this monetary measure to encourage economic growth.
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Bond

Learn what a bond is
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Spot Rate

The currency exchange rate a bank quotes, valid with immediate effect.
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Volatility

A measure of how much the prices of an asset or index vary over time.
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