What is 'yield'? Definition & meaning

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NYSE

The world's largest stock exchange. Wall St HQ.

Account balance

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.

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).

Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

OEIC

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

Depository

We look at what is a depository and what role they play in keeping markets work.

Dividends

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

Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

Annualised Rate of Return

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

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