Sound return from the chosen investment (4)
I believe the answer is:
echo
'sound return' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'from the chosen investment' is the wordplay.
'from' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'ECHO' is hidden within 'the chosen investment'.
(Other definitions for echo that I've seen before include "E; reverberation" , "Be suggestive of" , "She loved Narcissus - it's recalled" , "Say again or imitate" , "Reverberate - nymph spurned by Narcissus" .)