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2. How To Calculate Return on Investment (ROI) - AOL

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   Here’s how the investor calculated their ROI: ROI = profit / cost of investment x 100%. ROI = $2,500 profit / $10,000 cost of investment x 100%. ROI = 0.25 x 100% = 25% ROI. This investment ...

3. Return on investment - Wikipedia

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   Return on investment. Return on investment ( ROI) or return on costs ( ROC) is the ratio between net income (over a period) and investment (costs resulting from an investment of some resources at a point in time). A high ROI means the investment's gains compare favourably to its cost. As a performance measure, ROI is used to evaluate the ...

4. Rate of return - Wikipedia

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   Rate of return. In finance, return is a profit on an investment. [1] It comprises any change in value of the investment, and/or cash flows (or securities, or other investments) which the investor receives from that investment over a specified time period, such as interest payments, coupons, cash dividends and stock dividends.

5. Return on capital - Wikipedia

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   Return on capital ( ROC ), or return on invested capital ( ROIC ), is a ratio used in finance, valuation and accounting, as a measure of the profitability and value-creating potential of companies relative to the amount of capital invested by shareholders and other debtholders. [1] It indicates how effective a company is at turning capital into ...

6. Alpha vs. beta in investing: What’s the difference? - AOL

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   To figure the expected return for an investment’s level of risk, analysts use beta, which measures an asset’s volatility and can be used to gauge risk. If a stock has a beta of 1.2, it might ...

7. 8 of the Best Free Online Investment Calculators - AOL

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   These free online investment calculators rival the tools financial advisors use. Financial advisors have access to the best investment calculators. Their financial planning software and programs ...

8. Expected return - Wikipedia

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   The expected return (or expected gain) on a financial investment is the expected value of its return (of the profit on the investment). It is a measure of the center of the distribution of the random variable that is the return. [1] It is calculated by using the following formula: where. is the return in scenario ; is the probability for the ...

9. Internal rate of return - Wikipedia

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   Internal rate of return ( IRR) is a method of calculating an investment ’s rate of return. The term internal refers to the fact that the calculation excludes external factors, such as the risk-free rate, inflation, the cost of capital, or financial risk . The method may be applied either ex-post or ex-ante.