Volatility

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.

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A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

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Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

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