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.

More terms

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.
Read more

Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest
Read more

Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.
Read more

Annualised Rate of Return

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.
Read more

Equity ETF

An exchange-traded fund that is comprised of a set of stocks.
Read more

52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.
Read more

Coupon

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.
Read more

S&P 500

Find out what is the definition of the S&P 500 index.
Read more

Oligopoly

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

You’re just minutes away from commission-free investing

When you invest, your capital is at risk