Daniel Jassy, CFA, is an Investopedia Academy instructor and the founder of SPYderCRusher Research. He contributes to Excel and Algorithmic Trading. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant ...

Annualized total return gives the yearly return of a fund calculated to demonstrate the rate of return necessary to achieve a ...

Rate of return represents the percentage net gain or loss of an investment's initial cost over a period of time. The rate of return calculates the percentage change from the beginning to the end of a ...

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 ...