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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

Ponzi Scheme

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

Gross Margin

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.

Annualised Rate of Return

The average annual return an investor sees over a set period of time.

Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Product (PRIIP)

An investment where, regardless of its legal form, the amount repayable to the retail investor is subject to fluctuations.

LSE

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

Diversification

An investment strategy in which money is put into a variety assets.

United States Dollar (USD)

The famous greenback our friends in the US use as currency.

OEIC

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

Quick ratio

Learn what quick ratio stands for in financial terms and how to calculate it.

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