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Investment Return

Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

More terms

Unit Trusts

A collective investment scheme the investors pay money into in exchange for units. The money is invested in a diversified portfolio of assets.

Bed & ISA

Understand what Bed and ISA is and how it works

Leverage

A method of trading using borrowed money that usually involves a very high level of risk.

Withholding Tax

A tax deduction made at the source of the payment.

Technical Analysis

Examining price movements of shares and other assets, and trying to predict how they will move in the future.

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

A means of calculating the potential future return on an investment.

Margin call

Learn what a margin call stands for in financial terms.

Zero-Sum Game

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

52-week high/low

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

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