# Holding-Period Return

*Saving & Investing — Finicade finance glossary*

The total return over the time you actually held an investment — price change plus any income — as a percentage of what you put in. The simplest, most honest measure of how a single investment did.

**Also known as:** returns

**Related terms:** [Expected Return](https://finicade.com/glossary/expected-return), [Real Return](https://finicade.com/glossary/real-return), [Yield](https://finicade.com/glossary/yield)

**Taught in:** Capital Quarters — Risk, Return & the Historical Record

Source: https://finicade.com/glossary/holding-period-return