XIRR, or extended internal rate of return, is a financial metric used to calculate the annualized rate of return for investments with irregular cash flows. Unlike simple return metrics such as ROI ...

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However, this ‘doubling of investment’ is an illusion. People fail to factor in the time value of money – the concept that a certain sum of money has greater value now than it will in the future due ...

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