What is 'investment return'? Definition & meaning

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Yield curve

A graphical representation of interest rates over time

Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Know Your Customer (KYC)

A legal requirement for financial firms to understand exactly who their customers are. Used to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.

Coupon

Also called a dividend, this is the fixed annual interest paid to gilt holders. It’s usually paid in two equal, semi-annual instalments and expressed as a percentage of the nominal value of the gilt.

Fundamentals

The data or information that is likely to impact a company's stock price.

Value stocks

Stocks in companies that aren’t necessarily growing fast, but instead are dependable and stable.

Clean price

The quoted price of a gilt, which excludes accrued interest

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.

NYSE

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

Investment Return