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Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

Alpha

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Zero-Sum Game

A situation in which one person's gain is another's loss.

LSE

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

Wall Street

A street in New York that became a figure of speech for the financial markets of the US.

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

Limit order

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Zero coupon bonds

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