XIRR Calculation: Measuring the True Return on Your Investments

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How do you measure the actual return on an investment when money is invested or withdrawn at different points in time?

In this episode of Finance Beyond Numbers, we explore XIRR (Extended Internal Rate of Return) — a useful method for calculating the annualised return on investments involving multiple cash flows occurring on different dates.

Unlike a simple return calculation, XIRR takes both the amount and timing of each cash flow into account. This makes it particularly useful for analysing investments such as SIPs, staggered investments, withdrawals and portfolios with irregular cash flows.

The objective is not merely to calculate a percentage, but to understand what that percentage actually tells us about the performance of an investment.

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