by David Spaulding | Jul 1, 2016 | Investment Performance Guy, internal rate of return, IRR, money-weighted return, money-weighting
On the first day of this long July 4th weekend, I’m reading a book that is quite timely, which just came in: “Towards an Imperfect Union,” by Dalibor Rohac. It’s excellent, simply excellent, and I’m learning a great deal. The author...
by David Spaulding | Jun 14, 2016 | rates of return, Investment Performance Guy, money-weighted return, money-weighting, time-weighted return, time-weighting
I recently conducted a software certification for a software vendor. I found some issues with their application of rates of return, and we’ve been going back-and-forth on it. One issue that arose was my belief that money-weighting is the appropriate approach for...
by David Spaulding | Apr 4, 2016 | rates of return, Investment Performance Guy, money-weighted return, time-weighting
We’ve been asked by a client to construct a single day, fairly intensive class on rates of return. Much of the material for the class comes from our Fundamentals of Investment Performance class, which we’ve been teaching for nearly 18 years. As you’d...
by David Spaulding | Nov 12, 2015 | Investment Performance Guy, money-weighted return
Our friend and colleague, Dax Johnson, of State Street, posted a link to a page on LinkedIn that, in turn, takes you to a white paper they wrote, titled “Money-Weighted Rate of Return, a Calculation to Consider.” As one who has been championing the use of...
by admin | Sep 27, 2012 | CIPM, CIPM Exam Tips & Tricks, CIPM expert, HP 12C, internal rate of return, money-weighted return, MWR, performance measurement, since inception internal rate of return, TSG
In a previous post, I covered an internal rate of return sample exam question, and I covered the keystrokes used on one of the calculators that may be used on the CIPM exam, the Texas Instruments Business Analyst II Plus (TI-BA II Plus).There is, of course, another...
by admin | Sep 1, 2011 | CIPM, CIPM expert, IRR calculation, money-weighted return, TI BA II Plus
A CIPM Expert Level candidate sent me the following question, asking what are the proper keystrokes to obtain the solution: The Millers deposited $50,000 into their account on 1 May 2005 and another $40,000 on 1 July 2005. The portfolio also received and reinvested...
