- Tax Planning
- Investments 1: Before you Invest
- Investments 2: Your Investment Plan
- Investments 3: Securities Market Basics
- Investments 4: Bond Basics
- Investments 5: Stock Basics
- Investments 6: Mutual Fund Basics
- Investments 7: Building Your Portfolio
- Investments 8: Picking Financial Assets
- Investments 9: Portfolio Rebalancing and Reporting
- Retirement 1: Basics
- Retirement 2: Social Security
- Retirement 3: Employer Qualified Plans
- Retirement 4: Individual and Small Business Plans
- Estate Planning Basics
Case Study #3 Answer
Calculations
Your annualized rate of return is your return for the total period, annualized, or taking the geometric return.
Your total return for the five-year period is:
(($40*100 - $40*100) + 5*100) / ($40*100) = ?
12.5%
Taking that return and annualizing for five years gives the following annual returns:
Geometric return = (1 + .125)(1/5) = 2.38%
Average return = 12.5% / 5 = 2.5%
Using either method, it performed better than the bank account.