If your business makes investments in equipment and employee benefit contributions, you may need to track the average annual rate of return over a span of time for financial reporting obligations.

Calculating returns from your stock portfolio can be a tricky matter, especially if some of your holdings pay dividends, or you make frequent deposits and withdrawals from your account. With Excel and ...

Making good investments in projects and long-term assets is an important part of growing a small business. You can use internal rate of return, or IRR, to help you make such investment decisions. IRR ...

Calculating the internal rate of return, or IRR, of an investment is a powerful tool for businesses. When a manager is faced with a capital intensive decision, IRR can quickly compare the financial ...

Too many financial decisions are made without factoring in the time value of money. Whether providing financial planning advice related to a client’s retirement, advising a client about a business ...

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Return on equity (ROE) measures profit per dollar of equity, aiding evaluation of a company's efficiency. To compute ROE, divide net income by shareholders' equity from a company's 10-K. High ROE ...

I may be off with the terminology but here is what I'm trying to do. I have downloaded all of my transactions for my retirement funds for the last few years. For each transaction, I have the number of ...

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Required rate of return (RRR) gives investors a benchmark to determine the minimum acceptable return on an investment considering the risk involved. By calculating RRR, investors can assess whether an ...