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Year to Date (YTD)

Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

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Rate of Return

Profit on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the investment.
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Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.
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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.
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Annualised Rate of Return

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.
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Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.
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United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.
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Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.
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Capital

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ESG investing

ESG is a hot topic right now for investors. Understand what ESG investing is all about and how you can use it to diversify your portfolio.
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