total return
Complete investment gain
Total return is the complete gain or loss on an investment over a period, combining all sources of profit: price appreciation, dividends, interest, and any other distributions.
Unlike measures that track only price changes, total return captures everything an investor actually receives.
The fund's total return was 12% last year, including reinvested dividends.
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- profitGain exceeding expenditure
- capital gainsProfit from asset sales
- gainPositive return received
- dividendCorporate profit share
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