When investing, especially in stocks, your returns can fluctuate wildly from year to year. For this reason, knowing an asset's return for a single year isn't too helpful when deciding whether or not ...

Cumulative return calculates total gain by (Current Value - Initial Cost) / Initial Cost. It provides a straightforward way to gauge investment growth over time. Use both cumulative and annualized ...

Here’s how to use the formula to your advantage.

Shorting a proxy of the VIX Index using SVXY can yield over 20% annualized returns since 2019 by utilizing mean reversion. Strategy 1 involves incremental capital allocation at VIX levels of 20, 30, ...

The Global Market Index (GMI) remains on track to generate a 7%-plus annualized total return for the long-run outlook, based on data through October. This estimate of future performance has been ...

Dividend stocks have more than doubled up the annualized return of non-payers over the last 51 years. Though high-yield stocks can be risky, some supercharged dividend payers are true gems. Three time ...