Volatility

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.

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

How banks work out what investors will pay for shares before an IPO, one order at a time.

A startup valued at over £1 billion. They are rare, hence the name.

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.

The moment new shares are officially admitted to the stock exchange and open to trading for everyone.

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

Listing a company on a stock exchange, or the shares that are genuinely up for grabs once it’s there.