What is 'Year to Date (YTD)'? Definition & meaning

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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.

Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.

Value stocks

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

ESG investing

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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.

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.

Margin call

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Bond

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Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.

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Year to Date (YTD)