What is 'investment return'? Definition & meaning

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Balance sheet

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

Fixed Income

An investment that provides a fixed rate of return, often over a specific set of time.

Stock Market

A place where shares of publicly listed companies are traded.

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Fundamentals

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

Yield to maturity (YTM)

What is yield to maturity and why is it useful?

Growth stocks

These are stocks in companies that are considered to be “growing”. These companies may be delivering new products and services, or entering new markets.

United States Dollar (USD)

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

Geometric Mean Return

A way of calculating compound returns on an investment or savings over a set period of time.

Investment Return