What is 'Venture Capital Trust (VCT)'?

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Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Investment Return

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

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).

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.

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.

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

52-week high/low

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

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

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