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What’s Your Investment Return? 4 Answers to a Simple Question

The Wealthfront Team — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000

“What’s your investment return?” It’s a simple question, but there are multiple ways to answer it. That’s because there are four primary methods of calculating investment return. They are: Each method was created to measure a particular aspect of an investment’s performance. You might assume they’re all closely related (after all, they all have the […]

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You’re Likely Undervaluing Your Future Net Worth

Andy Rachleff — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:35:08 +0000

If you've done mental math to project your future net worth, your assumptions are probably off. Here, we'll talk about how Wealthfront factors in the impact of compounding, investment returns, inflation, and debt repayments.

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Demystifying Venture Capital Economics, Part 1

Andy Rachleff — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:24:26 +0000

The other day my co-founder, Dan Carroll, asked me a number of questions about Venture Capital returns because he was stunned by the valuations of some recently announced deals. After I answered the question, Dan and a few colleagues who were within earshot encouraged me to share my perspective on the subject because it is […]

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