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- From: tony2@prefect.cc.bellcore.com (gozdz,antoni s)
- Subject: Re: REQUEST: Rate of return in a mutual fund
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 00:48:53 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.004853.27019@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <KLUG.93Jan22084644@klug.Software.Mitel.COM>
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- In article <KLUG.93Jan22084644@klug.Software.Mitel.COM> klug@Software.Mitel.COM (Peter Klug) writes:
- >
- >Could someone explain how to calculate the rate of return on a mutual
- >fund investment?
- >
- >I know how to calculate the rate of return for a simple stock purchase
- >and subsequent sale. It's pretty straightforward since there is only
- >a single amount and a single time frame to deal with.
- >
- >However, in a mutual fund or even if you split your stock purchase
- >into a couple of sales at different times, all of a sudden the
- >solution is not obvious to me. So far all I've been able to come up
- >with is to calculate a weighted average. Can anyone clarify this?
- >Thank you.
- >
- >--
- >* Peter Klug * Peter_Klug@Software.Mitel.COM
- >* Mitel Corporation *
- >* Kanata, Ontario, Canada * Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
-
- I think pfroi v.2.4 (PFROI24.ZIP) (a shareware on
- oakland/pub/msdos/finance; IP 141.210.10.117)
- does a very good job in tracking investments and doing
- such calculation for you.
-
- Version 5.0 is $29 (+$4 S&H), allegedly much improved).
-
- Tony Gozdz
- tony2@cc.bellcore.com
-