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Return
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ReturnThe change in the value of a portfolio over an evaluation period, including any distributions made from the portfolio during that period.
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Value
The worth or desirability of something expressed as an amount of money.
Portfolio
The total of an investor's different investments.
Distributions
Payments from fund or corporate cash flow. May include dividends from earnings, capital gains from sale of portfolio holdings and return of capital.
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Return if exercised
The return that a covered call writer would make if the underlying stock were called away.
Return of capital
A cash distribution resulting from the sale of a capital asset, or securities, or tax breaks from depreciation.
Return on assets (ROA)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by total average assets. Result is shown as a percentage.
Return on capital employed (ROCE)
Indicator of profitability of the firm's capital investments. Determined by dividing Earnings Before Interest and Taxes by (capital employed plus short-term loans minus intangible assets).
Return on equity (ROE)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by common stockholder equity (adjusted for stock splits).
Return on investment (ROI)
The amount earned in direct proportion to the capital invested.
Return on sales
A measurement of operational efficiency equaling net pre-tax profits divided by net sales expressed as a percentage.
Return on sales or profit margin
Sales revenue minus all operating expenses divided by the number of sales.
Return on total assets
The ratio of earnings available to common stockholders to total assets.
Return to maturity expectations
A variant of pure expectations theory that suggests that the return an investor will realize by rolling over short-term bonds to some investment horizon will be the same as holding a zero-coupon bond with a maturity that is the same as that investment horizon.
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Retention rate
The percentage of present earnings held back or retained by a corporation, or one minus the dividend payout rate. Also called the retention ratio.
Retire
To extinguish a security, as in paying off a debt.
Retirement
Removal from circulation of stock or bonds that have been reacquired or redeemed.
Retirement Protection Act of 1994
Legislation designed to protect the pension benefits of workers and retirees by increasing required support of pension plans by employers.
Retracement
A price movement in the opposite direction of the previous trend.
Return
Return if exercised
The return that a covered call writer would make if the underlying stock were called away.
Return of capital
A cash distribution resulting from the sale of a capital asset, or securities, or tax breaks from depreciation.
Return on assets (ROA)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by total average assets. Result is shown as a percentage.
Return on capital employed (ROCE)
Indicator of profitability of the firm's capital investments. Determined by dividing Earnings Before Interest and Taxes by (capital employed plus short-term loans minus intangible assets).
Return on equity (ROE)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by common stockholder equity (adjusted for stock splits).
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Value
The worth or desirability of something expressed as an amount of money.
Portfolio
The total of an investor's different investments.
Distributions
Payments from fund or corporate cash flow. May include dividends from earnings, capital gains from sale of portfolio holdings and return of capital.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Return if exercised
The return that a covered call writer would make if the underlying stock were called away.
Return of capital
A cash distribution resulting from the sale of a capital asset, or securities, or tax breaks from depreciation.
Return on assets (ROA)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by total average assets. Result is shown as a percentage.
Return on capital employed (ROCE)
Indicator of profitability of the firm's capital investments. Determined by dividing Earnings Before Interest and Taxes by (capital employed plus short-term loans minus intangible assets).
Return on equity (ROE)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by common stockholder equity (adjusted for stock splits).
Return on investment (ROI)
The amount earned in direct proportion to the capital invested.
Return on sales
A measurement of operational efficiency equaling net pre-tax profits divided by net sales expressed as a percentage.
Return on sales or profit margin
Sales revenue minus all operating expenses divided by the number of sales.
Return on total assets
The ratio of earnings available to common stockholders to total assets.
Return to maturity expectations
A variant of pure expectations theory that suggests that the return an investor will realize by rolling over short-term bonds to some investment horizon will be the same as holding a zero-coupon bond with a maturity that is the same as that investment horizon.
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Retention rate
The percentage of present earnings held back or retained by a corporation, or one minus the dividend payout rate. Also called the retention ratio.
Retire
To extinguish a security, as in paying off a debt.
Retirement
Removal from circulation of stock or bonds that have been reacquired or redeemed.
Retirement Protection Act of 1994
Legislation designed to protect the pension benefits of workers and retirees by increasing required support of pension plans by employers.
Retracement
A price movement in the opposite direction of the previous trend.
Return
Return if exercised
The return that a covered call writer would make if the underlying stock were called away.
Return of capital
A cash distribution resulting from the sale of a capital asset, or securities, or tax breaks from depreciation.
Return on assets (ROA)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by total average assets. Result is shown as a percentage.
Return on capital employed (ROCE)
Indicator of profitability of the firm's capital investments. Determined by dividing Earnings Before Interest and Taxes by (capital employed plus short-term loans minus intangible assets).
Return on equity (ROE)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by common stockholder equity (adjusted for stock splits).
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