# Rate of return, yield, return on investment (ROI)

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## Definition

If not explicitly defined otherwise, this is the ratio of profit, usually expressed as a percentage, to the amount of money (capital, investment) invested over a period of time; in older economic literature also referred to as the rate of profit. - Gross return is the profit as such, net return the profit reduced by costs, including any currency transfer costs, and/or by taxes. - See economic value added, success, result, yield, profit, risk-return principle, profitability, tenfold, yield-to-call, lemon trade. - In the annex "Euro area statistics," yields on government bonds are broken down by various aspects under the heading "Financial markets," respectively. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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