What is 'Investment Return'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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OEIC

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

Total Return

This is the measurement of a fund’s performance in a specific period.

52-week high/low

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

LSE

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

DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.

Junk Bond

A form of debt investment that carries higher risk because of the likelihood that the issuer will default.

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

Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWRR)

A return calculated over the time period invested, that excludes extraneous elements, such as deposits to and withdrawals from the investment accounted.

Zero-Sum Game

A situation in which one person's gain is another's loss.

Investment Return