1.   An accumulation, or total return, index of the two Markets is calculated after the close of each trading day.

2.   In combination with interest payments, bond investors pocketed the third best annual total return since Calvin Coolidge was president.

3.   Performance data are total returns, which include both share prices and reinvested dividends.

4.   Total return is interest earnings plus or minus any change in principal value.

5.   When the yen weakens, dollar-based investors see their total return eroded.

6.   The total return from a security in a future time period is dependent on a series of anticipated and unanticipated events.

7.   Shirescot, the UK smaller companies specialist trust launched by Glasgow Investment Managers in August, has achieved a healthy total return in its first four months.

8.   Also look at its earnings, dividends, and average annual total returns.