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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.

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Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

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

Income statement

A summary of a company's income and expenses over a set period of time.

Collective investment scheme

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Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.

Quantitative easing

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Venture Capital

A type of financing that investors provide to startups, who sometimes announce getting said financing in TechCrunch, to big fanfare.

Synthetic ETFs

An ETF that that reproduces the return of an index through the use of swaps.

Balance sheet

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.

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