Chris Gallant, CFA, is a senior manager of interest rate risk for ATB Financial with 10 years of experience in the financial markets. Suzanne is a content marketer, writer, and fact-checker. She holds ...

IRR is not equal to annual rate of return. Assumptions of IRR are not always reasonable and rational. IRR itself may produce misleading results. What should investors use instead of IRR? Internal Rate ...

Return on investment (ROI) and internal rate of return (IRR) are two important metrics used in evaluating investments. However, each metric is calculated differently and tells a different story. ROI ...

The idea of time value of money (TVM) has fascinated finance thinkers since antiquity. A story from the Jewish Talmud (c. 500 CE) illustrates it vividly: a lender falsely claimed a loan term was 30 ...

Planning is one of the pillars that anchor the successful implementation the future business strategies. Some planning activities are achieved through capital budgeting -- that is, appraisal of viable ...