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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_of_return#Average_annual_total_return_.28geometric.29>
>>A maths / finance question; If I know an investment returned 250%, for example, over 5 years how do I calculate the annualized return over those 5 years? In Excel the formula is (I've been told) XIRR() but what is the algorithm?
Thanks Victor.
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