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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

Base rate

What's the base rate?

Arithmetic Mean

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

Fundamentals

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

Ponzi Scheme

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

Hypothesis Testing

A mathematical test used to determine whether a claim is true or false.

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

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

Balance sheet

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

Maturity value

What's the maturity value of a bond?

Income statement

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

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