Year to Date (YTD)

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.

These are stocks in companies that are considered to be “growing”. These companies may be delivering new products and services, or entering new markets.

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

A collection of investments, pooled into a single fund that can be bought and sold on a stock exchange.

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A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

Unique to the UK, these funds pool together money to invest from multiple investors.

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

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