Volatility

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

Going public without the traditional IPO. Existing shares, straight onto the exchange, no new money raised.

The official document a company publishes before selling shares to the public. Long, detailed, and worth a read.

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

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

Mutual funds and investment trusts are priced on their net asset value (NAV).

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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.

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