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 ...

Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is a financial metric used to measure the profitability of an investment. It is the discount rate at which the net present value (NPV) of cash inflows equals the initial ...

The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is a financial metric used to determine the potential return on investments. It represents the discount rate at which the net present value (NPV) of an investment ...

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Compare three structured cash-flow investments by present value. Measure a fund’s performance using money-weighted (IRR) vs time-weighted returns. Rank three capex projects using NPV and IRR. Price ...

Excel’s IRR and XIRR functions are often used to calculate the rate of investment returns. In this post, let us discuss the limitations of XIRR and IRR functions. Credit: This discussion is inspired ...

Returns the internal rate of return for a series of cash flows represented by the numbers in values. These cash flows don't have to be even, as they would be for an annuity. However, the cash flows ...