The term negative return is used in business or finance to describe a loss, i.e., a negative return on investment. By extension the term is also used for a project that is not worthwhile, even in a non-economic sense.
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Negative Return — can refer to: Negative return (spaceflight): the point during launch after which a spacecraft cannot abort to Earth. Negative return (finance): a loss on a financial investment This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same… … Wikipedia
Return — The change in the value of a portfolio over an evaluation period, including any distributions made from the portfolio during that period. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * ▪ I. return re‧turn 1 [rɪˈtɜːn ǁ ɜːrn] verb 1. [transitive]… … Financial and business terms
return — The change in the value of a portfolio over an evaluation period, including any distributions made from the portfolio during that period. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary The annual return on an investment expressed as a percentage of the total… … Financial and business terms
Negative gearing (Australia) — Negative gearing is a form of financial leverage where an investor borrows money to buy an asset, but the income generated by that asset does not cover the interest on the loan. The investor must fund the shortfall until the asset is sold, at… … Wikipedia
Negative gearing — is a form of leveraged speculation in which a speculator borrows money to buy an asset, but the income generated by that asset does not cover the interest on the loan (Interest > Income). In a few countries the strategy is motivated by… … Wikipedia
Negative equity — occurs when the value of an asset used to secure a loan is less than the outstanding balance on the loan.[1] In the United States, assets (particularly real estate, whose loans are mortgages) with negative equity are often referred to as being… … Wikipedia
negative carry — /ˌnegətɪv kæri/ noun a deal where the cost of finance is more than the return on the capital used … Dictionary of banking and finance
Diversification (finance) — Finance Financial markets Bond market … Wikipedia
Short (finance) — Schematic representation of short selling in two steps. The short seller borrows shares and immediately sells them. He then waits, hoping for the stock price to decrease, when the seller can profit by purchasing the shares to return to the lender … Wikipedia
Modified internal rate of return — The modified internal rate of return (MIRR) is a financial measure of an investment s attractiveness.[1][2] It is used in capital budgeting to rank alternative investments of equal size. As the name implies, MIRR is a modification of the internal … Wikipedia
