Internal rate of return
Method of calculating an investment’s rate of return / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Implied repo rate.
Internal rate of return (IRR) is a method of calculating an investment’s rate of return. The term internal refers to the fact that the calculation excludes external factors, such as the risk-free rate, inflation, the cost of capital, or financial risk.
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The method may be applied either ex-post or ex-ante. Applied ex-ante, the IRR is an estimate of a future annual rate of return. Applied ex-post, it measures the actual achieved investment return of a historical investment.
It is also called the discounted cash flow rate of return (DCFROR)[1] or yield rate.[2]