return The annual return on an investment, expressed as a percentage of the total amount invested. also called rate of return. see also annual return, risk-free return, cumulative total return, diminishing return, effective rate, efficient portfolio, equity risk premium, expected return, internal rate of return, investment return, mean return, modern portfolio theory, optimization, positive carry, negative carry, risk/return trade-off, total return, Also, the yield of a fixed income security. see also capital turnover, corporate bond equivalent, cost of capital, cost of equity capital, cutoff point, hurdle rate, net yield, yield, real rate of return, Rule of 72. Also, same as tax return.
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