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P/E ratio

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Price to earnings ratio -

(Current market price of share) / (EPS)

“compares the company’s share price with its earnings per share”

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EPS

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Earnings per share -

Profit) / (Number of shares

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3
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Convertible loan stock

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“A type of loan stock which can be directly converted to common shares under specified conditions and with a predetermined conversion rate.”

Fixed interest investment that can be converted into shares.

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FRN

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Floating Rate Note -

A bond
Issued by companies
Interest not fixed
Rather, linked to a money market rate like SONIA

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SONIA

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Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate

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SDLT

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Stamp Duty Land Tax -

No SD is paid if no land transfer takes place.

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SDRT

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Stamp Duty Reserve Tax -

Government taxes charged on the transfer of UK-registered shares bought electronically through CREST

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CREST

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Certificateless Registry for Electronic Share Transfer

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Stock transfer form

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A means of purchasing shares. If used, SD (not SDRT) is paid when shares worth over £1000 are purchased.

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10
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Running yield

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Interest -

The income return an investor receives on the amount paid for a bond

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Redemption yield

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Measures the capital and income return on a particular share until wind up, expressed as an annual percentage.

The total amount of money you’ll get from this bond between now and it’s redemption.

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Cum dividend

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(With) When you pay for a bond + all the interest accrued since the start of this period.

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13
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Ex dividend

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When you buy a bond within the 7 working days between interest registration and payment. You are compensated for this.

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14
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Clean price

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The price of a bond without considering any accrued interest. This is what is quoted on the financial times

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Mid-price

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The price at the mid-point between the buying and selling prices of a bond on the market. An investor would pay a higher price to purchase a bond and receive a lower price to sell one.

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Dirty price

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The total amount paid by the purchaser of a bond. The clean price +- interest adjustment.

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17
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Dividend cover

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Measures how many times the dividend could be paid out of the available current earnings. It indicates the margin of safety that a company has in paying it’s dividends.

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18
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FTSE All-share

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Tracks FTSE 100, 250, and SmallCap.

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Rent-a-room relief

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Individuals who receive rent from letting rooms in their own homes are entitled to a special exemption from tax. £7500 p.a. Tax free

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20
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Property income allowance

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An annual £1000 allowance in which property income is exempt from tax

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21
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Property income tax

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20% tax
If rent a room relief - £7500 allowance
If not - £1000 allowance

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M0

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“Narrow money” - A measure of notes & coins in circulation + banks’ operational deposits with the BoE

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M4

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“Broad money” - A measure of notes & coins in circulation + all instant access and deposit accounts of UK residents

24
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MPT

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Modern Portfolio Theory -

Maximises returns and minimises risk.
You must also consider correlation.

25
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CAPM

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Capital Asset Pricing Model -

Because non-systematic risk can be eliminated by diversification, it isn’t rewarded.

26
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APT

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Arbitrage Pricing Theory -

Share pricing using risk factors and betas

27
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Modified duration

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The measure of sensitivity of a bond or portfolio of bonds to a move in interest rates.

28
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Replication

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Fully replicating the stocks in an index and rebalancing when necessary.

29
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Stratification

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Where a sample of shares held in an index are purchased by a fund manager.

30
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Stochastic modelling

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"A mathematical technique" 
used to 
"generate a probabilistic assessment" 
of 
"returns and volatility."
31
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Levy

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To impose a tax, fee, or fine.

32
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TER

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Total Expense Ratio -

OCF + AMC + other charges

33
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Fettered

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A fund of funds which only invests in funds run by the same management group (e.g. Vanguard)

34
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Par value

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The amount received by the investor at maturity of a bond

35
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Treasury bill

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Issued weekly by governments through the DMO to finance short term-cash needs.

36
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Index linked GILT

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A conventional gilt but the coupon payments and capital repayment are adjusted in line with RPI inflation.

37
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Debenture

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“A secured loan agreement”
with
“business assets used as security.”

38
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Non-voting shares

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Ordinary shares but no voting rights and therefore typically cheaper

39
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Financial Repression

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When interest rates are lower than inflation

40
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PSNCR

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Public Sector Net Cash Requirement - A recession leads to a higher requirement of cash

41
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Efficient Market Hypothesis

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The hypothesis that you can’t consistently outperform the market.

42
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Bail-in-risk

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Risk of a bank failing

43
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Hurdle Rate

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The growth needed to pay:

  • purchase price,
  • the pre-determined redemption value,
  • or value at round-up
44
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Split-Capital Investment Trust

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An Investment Trust which can split the capital across share classes

45
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Pound-cost averaging

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Like phasing but for regular premium bonds/contracts

46
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Maximum Investment Plan

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Some sort of regular premium plan

47
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SAYE

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An investment vehicle which, on maturity, can be transferred to an ISA without realising a gain for CGT purposes

48
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ETN

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Exchange Traded Note -

A bond.
Not fixed interest, instead linked to an index.
Has a maturity date.

49
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ETF

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Exchange Traded Fund

Index tracking fund
Traded like a collective but as a single share
Updated throughout the day

50
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Uncovered call

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A call over assets which you don’t own

51
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Socially Responsible Investing

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The generic name given to ethical investing

52
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Mental accounting

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When a portfolio is being arranged to meet more than one objective

53
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Strategic Asset Allocation

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Choosing the asset classes

54
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Tactical Asset Allocation

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Choosing the funds within the asset classes

55
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Growth at a reasonable price

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The name given to investing in companies with long-term sustainable advantages

56
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Commercial bill

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A debt instrument
Issued by companies
Fund short term cash needs
Like treasury bills

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