What is 'Year to Date (YTD)'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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

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Stock Exchange

A physical/digital place where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities.

Retail Prices Index (RPI)

An index published each month by the Office for National Statistics, which measures the level of retail prices in the UK. Cash flows on all index-linked gilts are linked to the RPI.

Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS)

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

Bond

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Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Earnings per share

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Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

Zero coupon bonds

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Volatility

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

Year to Date (YTD)