What is 'Yield'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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Dividends

Find out what dividends are and how they can contribute to the growth of your investment portfolio.

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.

Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

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

Diversification

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

Base rate

What's the base rate?

Growth stocks

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

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Junk Bond

A form of debt investment that carries higher risk because of the likelihood that the issuer will default.

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