Nominal Return
The opposite of ""real return,"" nominal return is the return on an investment without taking account of inflation.
Nominal returns
Investment returns before adjusting for inflation.
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Open-end fund (SICAV)
A collective investment scheme that has an unlimited number of shares available for purchase. Most collective investment schemes are open-ended.
It is the return, that when compounded with inflation gives the nominal return for the same security. For instance, if the return on a stock was 10% for a one year period and inflation over that time was 2% then the real return on that stock was (1.
An annuity investment that guarantees a real rate of return at or above inflation. The real rate of return is the nominal return, less the inflation rate, thus protecting annuitants and beneficiary investors from inflation.
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This is the only way to consistently compare returns among different securities. That is, a $10 return on a $100 investment would be equivalent to a dollar return on a $10 investment. Real returns are important as opposed to nominal returns.
 See also: Investing, Inflation, Investment, Vesting, Index
  
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