What is 'yield'? Definition & meaning

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Dividends

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

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.

Diversification

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

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

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.

Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

Fundamentals

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

Limit order

Learn what a limit order is and how to use it to make the most of your portfolio.

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