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Rate of return ratiosRatios that measure the profitability of a firm in relation to various measures of investment in the firm.Rate of return ratios Similar MatchesTax returnTax returnA form on which certain taxpayers annually list their salary (including pensions), or income from self employment together with benefits in kind, other income and capital gains. This information is used by the Inland Revenue to assess tax liability. Return to maturity expectationsReturn to maturity expectationsA 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. Average rate of return (ARR)Average rate of return (ARR)The ratio of the average cash inflow to the amount invested. Risk return tradeoffRisk return tradeoffThe basic concept that higher expected returns accompany greater returns, and vice versa. Cumulative total returnCumulative total returnThe actual performance of a fund over a particular period. Further SuggestionsT period holding period returnIndividual tax return Law of Diminishing Returns Total return Arithmetic average (mean) rate of return Return on sales Riskless rate of return Cumulative abnormal return (CAR) Simple rate of return Expost average rate of return return on capital employed Risk return trade off Compound Annual Return Leveraged required return Multiple rates of return annual return total return Risk adjusted return Safety net return Return if Exercised Economic rate of return Certainty Equivalent Return Realized return Return on total assets External increasing returns to scale |
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