Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bernie Kent, J.D., CPA, PFS covers taxes and investments. This article is more than 3 years old. Time weighted rate of return and ...

Discover what makes unconventional cash flows unique, explore challenges in capital budgeting, and learn how multiple IRRs affect investment decisions.

The CAGR, or the compound annual growth rate, simply reflects the annualized return of a metric on a compounded basis, over a given period of time. The Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), is the ...

Have you ever looked at your rate of return and wondered how to interpret it? How do you know whether your portfolio performance is good, bad, or somewhere in between? And how do you go about ...

Daniel Jassy, CFA, is an Investopedia Academy instructor and the founder of SPYderCRusher Research. He contributes to Excel and Algorithmic Trading. Return on investment (ROI) measures the amount of ...

Inflation not only erodes the purchasing power of the dollar, it also impacts borrowing costs and real economic returns on investment securities. For this reason, investors are wise to understand and ...

Real rate of return adjusts for inflation, providing a true growth measure. S&P 500's real rate is 7.9%, versus a nominal 11.8%, due to inflation. Using real rates in retirement planning ensures ...

When legal counsel is looking at relationships between health care entities subject to anti-kickback or Stark law rules, fair market value will come into play. Multiple issues surround fair market ...