annualized gain

annualized gain definition - finance
The amount of appreciation of an investment during a 12-month period. If an investment appreciates 1.5 percent during one month, the annualized gain is 18 percent, which is 12 multiplied by 1.5 percent.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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