Year to Date (YTD)

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.

The money you pay when investing.

Non-US individuals and businesses may have to file this form for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the US tax authority.

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?

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

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

A debt instrument issued by the UK government with a maturity of less than one year.

What's the base rate?

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