What is 'Holding Period Return'? | Freetrade Dictionary

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..

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Xetra

A trading venue operated by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

NYSE

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

Forward pricing

Mutual funds are traded on a forward pricing basis, meaning the price you see will be different to the price you may trade at.

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.

NASDAQ

A US stock exchange specialising in the shares of technology companies.

Investment Trust

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.

Dirty price

The total price payable on the purchase of a gilt. It’s calculated as the clean price plus accrued interest.

Hedge Fund

Investment funds that are often associated with riskier and shorter-term trading strategies.

Holding Period Return