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Yield

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

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Accounting standards

The rules a company follows when preparing financial statements.
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Conventional gilts

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).
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Zero coupon bonds

What is a zero coupon bond?
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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.
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Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.
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LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.
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Securities

Bonds and stocks.
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Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.
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Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time
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