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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Income statement

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

The amount of money generated by an asset during the time that it was held by an investor..
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Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.
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Time Value of Money

The concept that money you have now is more valuable than the same sum in the future.
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United States Dollar (USD)

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

A startup valued at over £1 billion. They are rare, hence the name.
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Earnings per share

We look at what earnings per share mean and how to calculate it
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Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.
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index-linked gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). This is as opposed to a conventional gilt, where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms.
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