What is 'yield'? Definition & meaning

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LSE

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

Oligopoly

A situation in which a market or industry is controlled by a small group of companies.

52-week high/low

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)

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

Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

Bond

Learn what a bond is

Unicorn

A startup valued at over £1 billion. They are rare, hence the name.

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