investment returns
Money market earnings
Investment returns are the gains or losses generated from putting money into assets like stocks, bonds, or real estate.
Returns may come as income (dividends, interest) or appreciation in value.
They're typically expressed as percentages: The fund delivered a 12% annual return.
Negative returns mean you lost money.
What kind of returns are you getting on your portfolio?
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- capital gainsProfit from asset sales
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- alphaFirst Greek letter
bull market · bear market · market trends · interest income · bonds · annuities · beta · standard deviation · hedge funds · private equity · rental income · inflation rate · tax advantages · time horizon · compound interest · dollar cost averaging · profit · real estate
- incomesalary, earnings, income, wages, pay
- income sourcessalary, wages, hourly pay, wage, commission
- financialsincome, profit, earnings, net income, net profit
- investmentfinancier, backer, FDI, seed funding, equity stake
- government revenuetax revenue, sales tax, income tax, property tax, excise tax
- income typesdividends, dividend income, interest, earnings, revenue
investment returnsinvestment losses
Diminished value of assets
capital losses · financial losses · depreciation · drawdown · red ink
investment returnsprincipal
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initial investment · principal amount · capital · cost basis · seed money
investment returnsearned income
Pay from work
wages · salary · active income · employment income · paycheck