What is 'Rate of Return'? | Freetrade Dictionary

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Compound interest

Understand what compound interest means and how it's calculated

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

Unicorn

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

LSE

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

United States Dollar (USD)

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

Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

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

Gross Margin

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

Value stocks

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

Rate of Return