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Growth stocks

These are stocks in companies that are considered to be “growing”. These companies may be delivering new products and services, or entering new markets.

Volatility

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

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.

Zero coupon bonds

What is a zero coupon bond?

Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?

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.

Investment Return

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

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

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