by Krisan Marotta | Jul 21, 2014 | Performance
Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is the single rate of return at which the beginning market value plus additions grows to equal the ending market value minus withdrawals. PortfolioCenter calculates IRR using an “iterative process”. Basically PortfolioCenter...
by Krisan Marotta | Jun 10, 2014 | Reporting
In finance, yield is typically a measure of the amount of cash that a security produces for its owner. However, the term is often used to refer to different mathematical formulas in different situations. According to Investopedia, yield is: The income return on an...
by Krisan Marotta | May 19, 2014 | Most Popular, Performance
PortfolioCenter provides two main performance calculations: Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Time-Weighted Rate of Return (TWR). What’s the difference? IRR measures the overall growth of the portfolio. If your goal is to reach a $1 million by age 65, IRR...
by Krisan Marotta | May 9, 2014 | Performance
How can there be a positive Dollar Gain (DG) and a negative Time Weighted Return (TWR)? Or vice versa? These “strange but true” returns occur more frequently than you might expect. First, remember that TWR measures the growth of the average dollar in a...
by Krisan Marotta | Feb 19, 2014 | Performance
The Performance Inception date is the date from which PortfolioCenter begins measuring performance for a particular account. If you want accurate performance returns, this date must be correct. Fortunately, you can let PortfolioCenter set this date automatically....
