Knowing how to calculate your portfolio's returns is essential to becoming a savvier investor. Learn the basic principles ...

One simple but powerful method investors can use to assess the risk and reward of a stock portfolio is using the Capital Asset Pricing Model, or CAPM, model for expected returns.

Learn how time-weighted rate of return works and how to use it for your portfolio.

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

Do you know how to calculate the rate of return on investment (ROI) for your portfolio and assets? Learn more today and build towards a wealthy retirement.

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Understand how covariance is related to the risk and return of a portfolio of stocks and learn how it's used to maximize diversification and reduce volatility.

How do you calculate the return on your CD? To calculate the return on your CD, you need a few key elements: the principal deposit, the interest rate, the compounding frequency and the term length.

In order to make educated decisions when investing, you need to determine how much you could make on that investment. To do this, you need to calculate return on investment, or ROI.