Time-weighted return (TWR) calculates an investment portfolio or fund’s performance while accounting for external cash flows. Investment funds usually have money flowing in or out at various times.

Of the many ways to measure an investment, time- and dollar-weighting are two of the most common. The time-weighted return on investment tells you how it performed objectively. If someone placed $1 in ...

When it comes to evaluating investment performance, investors and financial professionals rely on various metrics to gain insights into the effectiveness of their strategies. One such crucial measure ...

Measuring returns is essential for evaluating the success or failure of an investment program. At first glance, this seems like a straightforward exercise. However, return measurement becomes ...

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Being under the illusion that you are earning a high rate of return when your true return is sub-par often leads to overconfidence, which is a performance killer. Money-weighted returns (also called ...

We just published an update of our annual “Mind the Gap” study. The study estimates the return of the average dollar invested in funds and exchange-traded funds (that is, “Investor Return”) and ...

You don’t need a doctoral degree in finance to calculate your portfolio’s investment returns. A few principles are enough to turn even the most math-phobic people into shrewd investors. While basic ...