Definitions $1($Matching$)$

Rate of return over a given

investment period

The sum of returns in each

period divided by the number

of periods.

The single per$-$period return

that gives the same cumulative

performance as the sequence

of actual returns.

The interest rate in terms of

nominal $($not adjusted for

purchasing power$)$ dollars.

The rate at which prices are

rising, measured as the rate of

increase of the CPI.