R multiple
A measure that expresses the profit or loss of a trade in units of initial risk.
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Stock Market Glossary - Letter R
30 terms beginning with "R"
Explore more than 400 curated terms for investors, traders and long-term savers. Detailed definitions, practical context and no marketing jargon — from your first ETF savings plan to option strategies.
Updated: September 11, 2026
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Rating
Credit rating of debtors by specialized agencies.
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Asset class made up of physical goods such as oil, gold, industrial metals or agricultural products.
Learn more →Real economy
Sector of the economy in which real goods and services are produced.
Learn more →Real interest rate
Nominal interest rate minus the inflation rate.
Learn more →Rebalancing
Restoration of original portfolio weights.
Learn more →Recency Bias
Tendency to give disproportionate weight to recent experiences.
Learn more →Recession
Phase of declining economic performance, typically two consecutive quarters of GDP decline.
Learn more →Redemption price
Price at which a fund company redeems units of an open-ended fund.
Learn more →reference ratio
Number of subscription rights required to exercise subscriptions.
Learn more →Reflation
Phase of rising inflation and growth expectations after a period of weakness.
Learn more →Reinvestment
Reinvestment of distributions or interest.
Learn more →Replication (physical)
ETF method in which the index components are actually held.
Learn more →Replication (synthetic)
ETF method in which the index return is delivered via a swap.
Learn more →Repo transaction
Short-term secured borrowing against the deposit of securities.
Learn more →Resistance
Resistance in technical analysis explained: how it forms, what a breakout can mean and how to avoid false
Learn more →Return
Return on an investment, usually expressed as a percentage.
Learn more →Reverse convertible
Structured security with a fixed coupon and a possible share delivery instead of cash redemption.
Learn more →Riester pension
State-sponsored form of private pension provision in Germany.
Learn more →Risk
The possibility that an investment will underperform or incur a loss.
Learn more →Risk management
System of rules to limit losses.
Learn more →Risk on/Risk off
Market regime in which investors prefer or avoid risky assets.
Learn more →Risk Parity
Allocation approach that spreads risk evenly across asset classes.
Learn more →Risk premium
Additional return that investors demand for taking a risk.
Learn more →Risk-free interest
Theoretical interest on an investment without risk of default.
Learn more →Robo advisor
Digital asset management based on automated models.
Learn more →ROI
Return on Investment – Ratio of profit to capital employed.
Learn more →Roll loss
Return drag that can arise when expiring futures contracts are regularly replaced.
Learn more →RSI
Relative Strength Index – Momentum oscillator from 0 to 100.
Learn more →Runway
Time remaining until a company runs out of money.
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